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- Citadel_of_Damascus abstract "The Citadel of Damascus (Arabic: قلعة دمشق: Qala'at Dimashq) is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.The location of the current citadel was first fortified in 1076 by the Turkman warlord Atsiz bin Uvak, although it is possible but not proven that a citadel stood on this place in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. After the assassination of Atsiz bin Uvak, the project was finished by the Seljuq ruler Tutush I. The emirs of the subsequent Burid and Zengid dynasties carried out modifications and added new structures to it. During this period, the citadel and the city were besieged several times by Crusader and Muslim armies. In 1174, the citadel was captured by Saladin, the Ayyubid sultan of Egypt, who made it his residence and had the defences and residential buildings modified.Saladin's brother Al-Adil rebuilt the citadel completely between 1203 and 1216 in response to the development of the counterweight trebuchet. After his death, power struggles broke out between the other Ayyubid princes and although Damascus switched hands several times, the citadel was taken by force only once, in 1239. The citadel remained in Ayyubid hands until the Mongols under their general Kitbuqa captured Damascus in 1260, thereby ending Ayyubid rule in Syria. After an unsuccessful revolt broke out in the citadel, the Mongols had most of it dismantled. After the defeat of the Mongols in 1260 by the Mamluks, who had succeeded the Ayyubids as rulers of Egypt, Damascus came under Mamluk rule. Except for brief periods in 1300 and 1401, when the Mongols conquered Damascus, the Mamluks controlled the citadel until 1516. In that year, Syria fell into the hands of the Ottoman Empire. Damascus surrendered without a fight and from the 17th century onward the citadel functioned as barracks for the Jannisaries—Ottoman infantry units. The citadel started to fall into disrepair in the 19th century and its last military use was in 1925, when French soldiers shelled the old city from the citadel in response to the Great Syrian Revolt against the French Mandate of Syria. The citadel continued to serve as a barracks and prison until 1986, when excavations and restorations started. As of 2011, excavation and restoration efforts are still ongoing.The citadel is located in the northwest corner of the city walls, between the Bab al-Faradis and the Bab al-Jabiyah. The citadel consists of a more or less rectangular curtain wall enclosing an area of 230 by 150 metres (750 by 490 ft). The walls were originally protected by 14 massive towers, but today only 12 remain. The citadel has gates on its northern, western and eastern flanks. The current citadel dates primarily to the Ayyubid period while incorporating parts of the older Seljuq fortress. Extensive repairs in response to sieges and earthquakes were carried out in the Mamluk and Ottoman periods.".
- Citadel_of_Damascus builder Abaaq_al-Khwarazmi.
- Citadel_of_Damascus builder Al-Adil_I.
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- Citadel_of_Damascus location Damascus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus location Syria.
- Citadel_of_Damascus owner Directorate-General_of_Antiquities_and_Museums.
- Citadel_of_Damascus thumbnail Damaskus4.jpg?width=300.
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- Citadel_of_Damascus battles Siege_of_Damascus_(1148).
- Citadel_of_Damascus battles "Siege by Kitbuqa".
- Citadel_of_Damascus battles "Siege by Timur".
- Citadel_of_Damascus builder "Atsiz bin Uvak and Al-Adil I".
- Citadel_of_Damascus built "1076".
- Citadel_of_Damascus caption "Courtyard and south wall of the Citadel of Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus commanders Al-Adil_I.
- Citadel_of_Damascus commanders Baibars.
- Citadel_of_Damascus commanders Nur_ad-Din,_atabeg_of_Aleppo.
- Citadel_of_Damascus commanders Saladin.
- Citadel_of_Damascus condition "Partially ruined".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby Abaaq_al-Khwarazmi.
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Ayyubid dynasty".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Burid dynasty".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "French Mandate of Syria".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Mamluk Sultanate".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Ottoman Empire".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Seljuq dynasty".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Syrian Arab Republic".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Syrian Republic".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "United Arab Republic".
- Citadel_of_Damascus controlledby "Zengid dynasty".
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- Citadel_of_Damascus latitude "33.511667".
- Citadel_of_Damascus location Damascus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus location Syria.
- Citadel_of_Damascus longitude "36.301944".
- Citadel_of_Damascus mapCaption "Location within Old Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus mapSize "300".
- Citadel_of_Damascus mapType "Syria Old Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus materials Basalt.
- Citadel_of_Damascus materials Carbonate_rock.
- Citadel_of_Damascus name "Citadel of Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus name "قلعة دمشق".
- Citadel_of_Damascus openToPublic "No".
- Citadel_of_Damascus ownership Directorate-General_of_Antiquities_and_Museums.
- Citadel_of_Damascus type "Castle".
- Citadel_of_Damascus used "Until 1986".
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:1076_establishments_in_Syria.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Ayyubid_architecture.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Damascus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_inside_the_walled_city_of_Damascus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Castles_in_Syria.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Military_history_of_Syria.
- Citadel_of_Damascus subject Category:Ruins_in_Syria.
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- Citadel_of_Damascus type CastlesInSyria.
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- Citadel_of_Damascus comment "The Citadel of Damascus (Arabic: قلعة دمشق: Qala'at Dimashq) is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.The location of the current citadel was first fortified in 1076 by the Turkman warlord Atsiz bin Uvak, although it is possible but not proven that a citadel stood on this place in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Cidade Antiga de Damasco".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Citadel of Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Citadel van Damascus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Citadelle de Damas".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Ciudadela de Damasco".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "Zitadelle von Damaskus".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "قلعة دمشق".
- Citadel_of_Damascus label "大马士革城堡".
- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Zitadelle_von_Damaskus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Ciudadela_de_Damasco.
- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Citadelle_de_Damas.
- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Citadel_van_Damascus.
- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Cidade_Antiga_de_Damasco.
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- Citadel_of_Damascus sameAs Q206246.