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The Castle of the Sea of Saida
The Castle of the Sea of Saida, the most famous cross-fortress in southern Lebanon, formerly represented on Lebanese banknotes of the 1950s and 1970s. Built in one year (1227-1228) on a quasi-island, he saw Crusés, Mongols, Templiers and Mamluks pass. Built with stones from an ancient Phoenician temple, decorated with a bas-relief representing a lion hunting scene, it still houses the dungeon guard room and a mosque built after 1291. Damaged by the British fleet in 1840, it now maintains a stunning view of the port of Saida.
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