Category: Places to visit in Homs
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🏰 Palmyra Castle: The Desert Fortress of History — A Deep Journey into Tadmor’s Past and Present Palmyra Castle, locally known as Qal‘at Fakhr al-Din al-Ma‘ani (قلعة فخر الدين المعني), is one of the most evocative historical landmarks in Palmyra (Tadmor), located in Syria’s Homs Governorate. Rising dramatically atop a rocky hill and overlooking the…
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Qadesh: The Ancient Crossroads of Empires in the Homs Countryside Nestled on the eastern banks of the Orontes River in western Syria’s Homs Governorate lies one of the most historically significant yet often overlooked archaeological sites of the ancient Near East: Tell el-Nabi Mend, better known to historians and archaeologists as Qadesh or Kadesh. This…