It is one of the most prominent archaeological sites in Sidon. It was built by the Crusaders in the year on a small island connected to the mainland by an eighty-meter long causeway. The site was previously a temple dedicated to Melkart the Phoenician version of Hercules. Its purpose was to protect the small port existing for hundreds of years. The harbor is still used daily by numerous small local fishing boats and remains a safe haven in times of rough seas and storms. This castle located on a small island in the sea was built by the Crusaders in and in the th century. restored by the Mamluks and the access bridge was built Torre del Castillo del Mar The west tower is well preserved while the east one requires imagination. There the Ottomans erected a small domed mosque while the Arabs added the bridge and the narrow access road to the castle. Currently it consists of two towers connected by a wall.
The West tower is preserved almost intact and there is a small Ottoman mosque adjacent to the remains of the castle church. The East Tower lost its top. And in the basement there are two cisterns. The castle was largely destroyed by the Mamluks in to CXB Directory prevent reestablishment by the Crusaders and was restored by the Ottomans in the early th century. Its current state of ruin is largely due to the bombings of Saida in . Today the castle is mainly made up of two towers joined by a wall. The outer walls of the Roman columns were used as horizontal reinforcements a common feature in fortifications built on or near ancient Roman sites.
This castle located on a small island in the sea was built by the Crusaders in and in the th century. restored by the Mamluks and the access bridge was built East Tower of the Sea Castle The Temple of Eshmun It is an ancient place of worship dedicated to Eshmún the Phoenician god of healing. It is located in Bustan el Sheikh near the Awali River located two km northeast of Sidon. The site was occupied between the th century BC. C. and the th century which indicates an intense relationship with the nearby city of Sidon. Although originally built at the behest of the Sidonian king Eshmunazar II in the time of the Achaemenid dynasty c. - BC to celebrate the recovery of the city's wealth and influence the temple complex was expanded by Bodashtart Yatan milk and later monarchs.
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