Sulaiman Castle:A fascinating portal toward past

Sulaiman Castle is an archaeological temple, constructed 4000 years ago, with the finest architectural techniques and utensils used in ancient artistic designs.

A distinguished edifice raised by huge limestone and high-precision engravings. However, it was partly destroyed by natural factors like climate changes and successive civilizations. Nevertheless, it remains to this day one of the prosperous and steadfast symbols of historic architecture.

Sulaiman Castle is located 30 km from Tartous Governorate and 20 km from Safita in a mountainous valley near “Al-NabiSaleh” mountain.It is considered a very important site throughout history that connected internal Syrian lands to its coastal region.

Many names have been attributed to the Castle throughout history, such as “House of Kiki ” and ” House of Sisi ” ascribing a Roman goddess. Whereas, it has been given its current name, because of its huge stones and the stories woven around this historic site.Historical novels state that Arameans built this temple, then Romans restored the castle, while in the Byzantine era, a church was built inside the citadel fence.

In present time, archaeologists are trying to restore and renovate what was destroyed. Their excavations led to the discovery of three gold liras from the Fatimid period, silver bracelets and a collection of bronze coins from the Roman period.

Finally, Sulaiman Castle will remains a great tourist destination and an appealing portal to past legends.

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