The Citadel of Aleppo is one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. കാസിൽ sits atop a hill in the Ancient City of Aleppo, which was നിയുക്ത as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. ഉപയോഗം കോട്ട ഹിൽ dates back to കുറഞ്ഞത് 3000 ബി. സി., but the majority of the current structure was probably built during the Ayuubid രാജവംശം sometime during the 12th century. During the early 2000s the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in collaboration with the Aleppo പുരാവസ്തു Society performed വിപുലമായ സംരക്ഷണ work on the citadel. നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ in recent years, the citadel has been രൂക്ഷമായ damaged in the ongoing സിറിയന് ആഭ്യന്തര യുദ്ധം.