Castle of Ibn Ma'an – usually known in English as "The Citadel" – on the hill above Palmyra, Syria · Photo: Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recorded 2009
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Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle
Local name: قلعة فخر الدين المعني
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- مشفى تدمر الوطنيHospital · 1.6 kmDirections
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- Wikidata · CC0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (ar) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (de) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (es) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (fr) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (hi) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (id) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- Wikipedia (it) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-10-30
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre · © UNESCO (link only) · 2026-10-30
- OpenStreetMap · ODbL · 2026-10-30
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