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Crac des Chevaliers - The Crac des Chevaliers represents the most significant examples illustrating the exchange of influences and documenting the evolution of fortified architecture in the Near East during the time of the Crusades (11th - 13th centuries). The Crac des Chevaliers was built by the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem from 1142 to 1271. With further construction by the Mamluks in the late 13th century, it ranks among the best-preserved examples of the Crusader castles.

Crusader castle in Syria - The Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle in Syria. The castle's surrounding curtain wall encloses a second ring of walls and towers built around a central court. Near the city of Homs.

Crusader castle - Krak des Chevaliers is a remarkably well-preserved Crusader castle and it looks almost exactly as it would have 800 years ago. The Krak des Chevaliers guards the only major pass between Antakya in Turkey and Beirut in Lebanon; it was built and expanded between 1150 and 1250 and eventually housed a garrison of 2000. The castle held out against several attacks, but was lost to the Mamluk Sultan Beybar in 1271.

Tower - Krak des Chevaliers castle' tower and fortified walls, Crac des Chevaliers, located 65 km west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon

Douves du Krak des Chevaliers - Douves du Krak des Chevaliers ou Krak de l'Hospital, château fort datant de l'époque des croisades, qui domine d'environ 500 mètres la plaine d'El-Bukeia, près de Homs, Syrie

Crac des Chevaliers - The Krak des Chevaliers, Qal'at al-Ḥiṣn (Arabic: قلعة الحصن‎), well-preserved castle or Crusader fortress built by Crusader knights around the middle of 12th century. 65 km west of the city of Homs, Syria.

Hisn al Akrad - Space between the inner and outer walls, Krak des Chevaliers, 65 km west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, Syria

Wall - Krak des Chevaliers, walls; Known to the Arabs as Hisn al Akrad (Arabic: حصن الأکراد‎), Castle of the Kurds, east of Tripoli, Lebanon

Krak des Chevaliers - Krak des Chevaliers, fortress in Syria - Qal'at al-Ḥiṣn (Arabic: قلعة الحصن‎) - 65 km west of the city of Homs

Panorama - منظر مأخوذ من قلعة الحصن التي تتربع على مرتفع بحيث تطل على جميع المناطق المحيطة بها

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Krak des Chevaliers, Crac des Chevaliers

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Pseudo: wael - Contact - 2008-01-17 :: Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers called Qal'at al-Ḥiṣn (Arabic: قلعة الحصن), Crusader fortress in Syria, not far from Homs (View 8109)

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Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers called Qal'at al-Ḥiṣn (Arabic: قلعة الحصن), Crusader fortress in Syria, not far from Homs

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