Shmemis
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Shmemis (Arabic: قلعة شميميس) also ash-Shmemis, ash-Shmamis) is a castle located 30 km south east from Syrian city Hama, on the road between Hama, Salamiyah and Palmyra.
The castle was built in the 13th century by Assad ud-Din Shirkoh, an Ayyubid governor of Hama.
The castle, situated on top of an extinct volcano is today in ruins with only walls partially preserved.
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