RAHABDİUM CASTLE
20 km northeast of the town of Nusaybin, Mardin, near the border with Syria is located on a hill, the castle today, MS.II. century was built by the Romans. To the East of Nusaybin-Midyat to keep under control the caravan path. In addition, Syria has undertaken the task of the future from Arab incursions against the outpost. According to historical sources, the wars between the Romans and the Arabs as learnt with this castle.
The castle is made of local stone and rubble stone walls extending from South to North, 14 supplemented with 2 towers and bastions. The length of 1,500 m, the height of the walls 10 m, found ... horoscope, surveillance towers with height of 20 m. The Castle has a single entrance on the South side. Within the Castle, water cisterns, food warehouses, cellars and the remains of what they
understood the basic structure.
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