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The Bashoura — the Fortified Entrance

A vaulted ramp that turns five or six times under openings built for pouring fire. The most sophisticated fortress entrance of the medieval world.

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The Throne Hall

Mamluk sultans received guests in a hall built directly on top of the gate — 26.5 by 23.5 metres, ten windows, seven steps down, an Ayyubid fountain at its centre.

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The Great Mosque of the Citadel

The mosque of the court and the garrison. Its minaret is the mound's landmark, visible from across the Old City.

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Maqam al-Khidr

The shrine of al-Khidr, the green one — a figure Muslims and Christians both keep, and a place people still come to visit.

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The Royal Bath

The palace hammam — dressing, warm, hot and steam rooms, fed by earthenware pipes carrying hot and cold water.

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The Byzantine Hall

The clearest surviving pre-Islamic building on the mound apart from the temple — standing here centuries before the fortress was built around it.