Maraclea

Maraclea
Tartus District, Syria
1936 aerial view of Maraclea
Coordinates35°4′4″N 35°53′26″E / 35.06778°N 35.89056°E / 35.06778; 35.89056
TypeCastle
Site information
Open to
the public
Yes
ConditionRuined

Maraclea was a small coastal Crusader town and a castle in the Levant, between Tortosa and Baniyas (Buluniyas).[1] The modern-day location is known as Kharab Maraqiya (Arabic: خراب مرقية).

  1. ^ Runciman 1987, p. 334.