Hama Castle

Hama Castle قلعة حماة
Hama, Syria
Excavation area inside Hama Citadel
Hama Castle قلعة حماة
Coordinates	35°08′11″N 36°45′00″E / 35.1365°N 36.75°E / 35.1365; 36.75
Site information
Condition	Ruins

Hama Castle (Arabic: قلعة حماة‎) is located in Hama, Syria, Located on the Orontes River.

History[]

The location is dated back to the Seleucids. Later on, it was taken by the Romans, until it was captured by Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. It was later controlled by the Qarmatians, Mirdasids and the Seljuks.

It was devastated during the 1157 Hama earthquake. Afterwards, it was rebuilt by the Zengids and Ayyubids, before it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1258. Sultan Baibars rebuilt it again, and by the Ottoman era, it lost its strategic value and barely anything of it left.

It was excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938.^[1]

See also[]

• List of castles in Syria

References[]

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