Saladin Citadel

This castle was built to be a fortified poit for the protectio of roads ad sea betwee Egypt ad Sham ad Hijaz ad a aval base advaced to secure the Gulf of Aqaba ad the Red Sea Crusades of the Crusader ad strategic locatio of the coast ad distace from the beach at a distace of 250 m ad ear the sources of drikig water ad relative height of the surface of water ad detectio of roads o the lad of Siai Ad the Gulf of Aqaba sigificat impact i the loss of its attackers of the elemet of surprise ad the failure of their ivasios ad the perimeter of the islad o which the castle is 1000 meters ad surrouded the islad from outside a exteral wall iterspersed with a umber of 9 towers ad the islad cosists of two high towers betwee the middle ad These two buildigs represet architectural istallatios that represet military fortificatios. The orther fortificatio is cosidered to be the most architecturally complete. It cotais defesive towers, water taks, soldiers’ rooms, a kitche, a bathroom ad a mosque The Middle Plai cotais architectural remais that represet stores for weapos, food, a ove for the maufacture of weapos, a mosque ad a iteral lake The Crusaders took cotrol of the islad of Pharaoh from 1116 util 1170 AD Durig their stay i the islad they built a fort ad fortified the walls of the fortificatio, but Saladi Ayubi defeated the crusaders ad recovered the islad ad took over the facilities ad idividuals i 1170 ad established the curret castle Amog the evets that took place i the castle ad cotributed to it is the icidet of Arat goveror of the fortress of Karak ad his attempt to seize the holy places i the Hijaz, Mecca ad Media However, his project B failed greatly thaks to the efforts of Saladi ad the military court, i which the castle played a key role I the Mamluk era, the islad was used as a defesive poit to secure pilgrimage routes ad pilgrims’ covoys due to its proximity to Aqaba. The islad was abadoed i 1300 AD ad the goveror moved to Al-Shat ad was oly the citadel of the citadel. This fortress is actually a orther ad souther fortificatio, each of which is a idepedet fortress, which ca be take aloe if trapped. The islad’s topography was exemplified so that the two blocks were built o mud, the orth was larger ad more detailed, With may of its differet architectural elemets, ad the middle plai betwee them was the storage ad storage? The mosque, surrouded by the two hills ad the Middle East is a outer wall parallel to the Gulf Coast o its easter ad wester sides, six towers overlookig the Gulf water.