Sidon Sea Castle | Lebanon

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Sidon, known locally as Saida, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. This ancient Phoenician city has been of great religious, political and commercial value; it is said to be inhabited since 4000 B.C. In AD 1228, the Crusaders built Sidon's Sea Castle as a fortress on a small island connected to the mainland by a narrow 80m long roadway.

Centre historique de Saida is on the tentative list of Unesco world heritage sites.