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title: Citadel of Aleppo
author: Memorino
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/685/citadel-of-aleppo/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Citadel of Aleppo

_Authored by Memorino_

## Image File

[![Citadel of Aleppo](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/685.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/685.jpg)

## Image Caption

The Citadel of Aleppo (Arabic: قلعة حلب‎) is a large medieval fortified [palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) in the centre of the old [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Aleppo, northern [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/). It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Usage of the Citadel hill dates back at least to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Subsequently occupied by many civilizations including the Greeks, Byzantines, Ayyubids and Mamluks, the majority of the construction as it stands today is thought to originate from the Ayyubid period.

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Memorino. (2012, June 08). Citadel of Aleppo. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/685/citadel-of-aleppo/>
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## License & Copyright

[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citadel_of_Aleppo.jpg) by [**Memorino**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Citadel_of_Aleppo.jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 08 June 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.