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• Jul 1, 2025

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Marqab "Markab' Castle ENWI

Marqab "Markab' Margat Castle ROUX
Markab Castle (Margat Castle) Muslim 1062 Byzantines then Crusaders 1186 Mamluks captured 1285 SYRG

 

• Jul 1, 2025

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Poland

 

• Jul 2, 2025

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Montfort Castle Teutonic Order 13th century Galilee 2 ISRA

Montfort inner gate tower WIKI

 

• Jul 2, 2025

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Poland

 

• Jul 3, 2025

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Mseilha Fort, Batroun current fort was built in the 17th century LEBT


Mseilha Fort Lebanon WIKI

 

• Jul 3, 2025

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Poland

 

• Jul 4, 2025

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Dirleton Castle....

 

• Jul 4, 2025

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Bothwell Castle....

 

• Jul 4, 2025

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Urquhart Castle....

 

• Jul 5, 2025

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Fortress of Saladin, Byzantine-era castle in Syria 2015

 

• Jul 5, 2025

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• Jul 6, 2025

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Huntly Castle....

 

• Jul 7, 2025

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Shmemis castle near Salamiyya WIKI

Shmemis castle (Qalat Shmamis) FACB

Shmemis castle view from the summit WIKI

 

• Jul 8, 2025

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Belvoir Castle built by Crusaders 12th-13th century ISRA


Belvoir Castle panorama CARN

 

• Jul 8, 2025

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London / Southsea / Royal Deeside, UK

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• Jul 9, 2025

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Byzantine castle Angelokastro Greece

 

• Jul 9, 2025

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Trabzon Castle Turkey 2024

A plan of the fortifications of Trebizond. Engraved and printed by Wagner & Debes for Armenia, travels and studies, Vol.1 (1901) by Lynch, H. F. B. (1862-1913) WIKI

The empire of Trebizond was one of the last holdouts until its conquest by the Ottomans in 1461.

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Trabazon walls 2008
Trabazon The citadel 2020 WIKI

Walls Upper Town Trebizond

 

• Jul 10, 2025

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A4K

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The back of beyond

I wonder why they built it so near a big city

 

• Jul 10, 2025

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A4K said:

I wonder why they built it so near a big city

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It has grown a great deal since it was built. It dates from the time of Cyrus the Great, 756 BC.

 

• Jul 10, 2025

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Cyrus isn't so great anymore.