Byblos Castle

In Crusader times it was known as the Castle of Gibelet /ˈdʒɪbəlɪt, ˈdʒɪblɪt/, also spelled Giblet, which belonged to the Genoese Embriaco family, Lords of the city.

The castle was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century from indigenous limestone and the remains of Roman structures.

It belonged to the Genoese Embriaco family, whose members were the Lords of Gibelet from 1100 to the late 13th century.

Nearby stand a few Egyptian temples, the Phoenician royal necropolis and the Roman amphitheatre.

[3] The Crusader castle of Gibelet is "the finest example" (Boas) of a new 12th-century type, which mixes the castrum-type with the turris-type castle:[4] a roughly square set of walls strengthened by corner towers, built around a central donjon,[5] thus forming two layers of defense.