Sidon Sea Castle
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Sidon's Sea Castle (
.History
The city of Sidon is located on the
Emir Fakhreddine II, only to suffer great damage.[1]
There is a possibility that the island on which the castle is built was, in fact, the location of the Phoenician King's palace and several other Phoenician monuments which were destroyed by Esarhaddon and then by natural earthquakes.[2] This island has also served as a shelter from inside attacks on the city.[3] Great Sidon, Little Sidon, powerful fortresses, pastures, cisterns and fortifications are all mentioned in the Assyrian king Sennacherib's recordings of his attacks on Sidon and nearby cities.[2]
Description
Today, the castle consists primarily of two towers connected by a wall. In the outer walls,
Mamluks. There has also been evidence of the old Phoenician city being buried under the sea in the area surrounding the castle: structures of walls, columns, stairways, remains of buildings, statues and cisterns.[2]
Gallery
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Australian troops among the ruins of the Sidon Sea Castle during theSyria-Lebanon Campaign, 1941 -
Sidon Sea Castle -
Sidon Castle at night -
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See also
References
- ^ MiddeEast Interactive U.S.A.1995-2011.http://www.middleeast.com/sidon.htm
- ^ ProQuest 220625497.
- ^ Almashriq. Retrieved from: http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/900/910/919/saida1/history.html
- Sidon (Pamphlet), Ministry of Tourism of Lebanon, Arab Printing Press, 2009
- Sea Castle. Lonely Planet Review for sea castle. Lonely Planet
- Sidon. Discover Lebanon. Lebanon Guide.
- Sidon in History. Old engraving of Saida and the Sea-Castle. Al-Mashriq.
- Sidon. Amenagement et urbanisme. Culture and Heritage Report.p 9.2
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sea Castle (Sidon).
- Sidon info
- Fortress, Khan and the Great Mosque - DiscoverLebanon
- lonelyplanet.com
- lebanonguide.com
- photo
- almashriq.hiof.no
- charbelnahas.org (PDF)
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