Margat

Margat
قلعة المرقب
Near Baniyas, Syria
Margat, a Crusader castle in Northern Syria
Margat
Coordinates	35°09′04″N 35°56′57″E / 35.151111°N 35.949167°E / 35.151111; 35.949167
Type	Concentric castle
Site information
Owner	Al-Markabi Family
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Ruin, under renovation
Site history
Built	1062
Materials	Basalt

Margat, also known as Marqab (Arabic: قلعة المرقب, romanized: Qalʻat al-Marqab, lit. 'Castle of the Watchtower'), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the major strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Mediterranean coast and approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Baniyas. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.