Hama Castle
{{Short description|Fortress in Hama, Syria}}
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Hama Castle ({{langx|ar|قلعة حماة}}) is a mostly-ruined fortress located in Hama, Syria, Located on the Orontes River.
History
The location is dated back to the Seleucids. Later on, it was taken by the Romans, until it was captured by Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah. It was later controlled by the Qarmatians, Mirdasids and the Seljuks.
It was devastated during the 1157 Hama earthquake. Afterwards, it was rebuilt by the Zengids and Ayyubids, before it was destroyed by the Mongols in 1258. Sultan Baibars rebuilt it again, and by the Ottoman era, it had lost its strategic value and barely anything of it was left.
File:Ifpo 21420 Syrie, gouvernorat de Hama, Tell Hama, vue aérienne oblique.jpg
It was excavated by a Danish expedition between 1931 and 1938.{{sfn|Shaw|Jameson|2008|p=267}}
See also
References
{{Commons category|Hama Castle}}
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Sources
- {{cite book |first1=Ian |last1=Shaw |first2=Robert |last2=Jameson |date=2008 |orig-date=1999 |title=A Dictionary of Archaeology |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-75196-1 |url={{GBurl|8HKDtlPuM2oC}} }}
{{Hama Governorate|Hama}}{{Castles in Syria}}