Tags: World Heritage Site.
Fakhr-al-Din al-Ma’ani Castle or Palmyra Castle is a castle in the province of Homs Syria.The castle is thought to have been built by the Mamluks in the 13th century on a high hill overlooking the historic site of Palmyra and is named for the Druze emir Fakhr-al-Din II who extended the Druze domains to the region of Palmyra during the 16th century.The site of the castle and Palmyra in 1980 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of the monumental ruins of a great city which was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world.
