Marine ** castle: The castle is located on a small island marine was connected to the mainland by a barrier of rocks and control the entrance of Sidon. Then it is in a strategic location is important. And buzzing that it was based on the small island of a Phoenician temple dedicated to the worship of the god Mlkrt willful indicates that ancient archaeological and stones used in building the Crusader castle and the phenomenon now beats looking at this building. And arrive in the city today his Aqueduct Bridge has been renovated for modern independence era.
** Crusaders brought them to the Middle system forts or fortified palaces that was inhabited Squires in Europe in the Middle Ages for immunization against an external enemy or a sudden gas.
The palace Le Chateau Fort High on a hill or a fortified place surrounded by a ditch or a deep pit filled with water and that the main door palace pass this trench round towers or the gap by drawbridge Pont-Levis And surrounded the palace fence huge peppered with round towers have small gaps Darts. Behind this wall in the center of the castle palace Le Donjon It is a solid structure large thick-walled stone intended for the accommodation of the owner of the palace or the ruling with his guards, soldiers and other parish in the event of danger, which placed supplies and ammunition and store water for a long siege. At the top of the palace is no place for observation.
To increase the immunization was Squires resort to several external walls one by one even if the enemy seized on the wall first Libby in front of the wall second and third to reach the heart of the castle and the palace its headquarters.
* Castle: Built Sidon in the winter of marine 1227-1228 built by the Crusaders, who come from Europe and settled awaiting the coming of the Emperor Frederick II commander of the Sixth Crusade.
Bridge leads to the large gate door first one behind the other two was a moving bridge and on both sides of the gate wall of the huge Vjult small left him little and see on the edge of this eastern wall round the huge tower base used in the construction of granite columns. Bajtaazna main gate find Seurat Second is the internal wall of the castle. He has many gates each remains dilapidated and others.
Behind the internal wall, we find a large area was intended for large halls Ljtmaa and other matters and this arena open today to the sea from the north because the northern wall of a ruined castle not Baiq from him. It is worth mentioning that this fortified castle on the land any of the southern side of the city and the confrontation Beach more than the rest of the actors, as the sea itself a barrier or an obstacle for those who want to grab it.
Eastern part of the castle was headquartered is a large tower has several gates of the south side are still remnants phenomenon and one gate from the east still Qaúkh. The length of the tower 27 and 21 meters wide built a huge thick-walled outer Calcor used in the construction of granite columns shows that they existed before the tribute small remnant of the ancient Phoenician temple.
It is the heart of the castle go up on the roof of the tower by a stone staircase where we find an inclusive small due to the Mamluk period. This tower was higher than it is today a dilapidated upper section of it not memorize time demolition has revealed two water reservoirs visitor can overlook them from the surface of the building.
After this we move on to the western part of the castle, which is a semi-circular tower still stands, except for some upper sections. We find in this tower several rooms and a large hall at the waist and a spiral staircase hands to the surface. The the castle or Bergaha sections east or west was Ntsalin to each other by a fence or a wall large do not see it today only a small portion Mmermma. Finally we see the castle from the southwestern rock drilling to a small jetty to lay but submerged.
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