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Krak (Craq) des Chevaliers, Syria (1)
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All about
Krak (Craq) des Chevaliers, Syria (1) |
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Kreuzfahrer
in Syrien:
Der Krak des Chevaliers zwischen Homs und Tartus, von Dr. Sebastian
Brather. Der Krak des Chevaliers ist die wohl bekannteste Kreuzfahrer-Burg
in Syrien. Ihr arabischer Name lautet Qal'at al-Hisn. Die vielfach
umgebaute und veränderte Anlage liegt mehr als 650 m hoch in
den südlichen Ausläufern des Jebel al-Ansariyeh zwischen
Homs und Tartus. (...) |
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name: Syria Gate, All About Syria |
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Krak
Des Chevaliers (Qalaat Al Husn):
Standing as high as 2300 feet above sea level
stands what is much considered the greatest fortress in the world, Krak
Des Chevaliers (Castle of the Knights). With its command over the valley
between Homs and Tripoli, and being a model of perfection of medieval
fortification, this Castle was never besieged or taken by storm. It
only fell through Baibars unique plan involving trickery. (...) Read the full article |
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Krak Des
Chevaliers (Qalaat Al Hosn o Qal'at Al Hisn): The
castle Krak des Chevaliers (Krak of the Knights), described by T.E.
Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable
castle in the world" is the easternmost of a chain of five castles
sited so as to secure the Homs Gap...It is located 65 km west of Homs
in direction of Tartus, and reaches a summit of 750 meters above
sea level. The castle controls a strategic passage called the Homs gap
in the Orontes Valley. The castle covers an area of 3 hectares
and has 13 towers containing a number of halls, stores, passages, stables
and bridges.(...) Read the full article |
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name: The adventures of Tan Wee Cheng |
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SYRIA : KRAK DES
CHEVALIERS,
22 July 1996,
by Tan Wee Cheng, Singapore - Crusader Memories: Homs - ancient Emesa,
& Tales of the Assassins - Introduction to the Crusader Age -
Conservations with Mohammed - National Museum - Syrian history in
a nutshell |
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name: WIEM: Krak des Chevaliers |
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Syria,
Krak de Chevaliers widok strony znajdz´ podobne pokaz² powia³zane Opis: Wejs´cie do górnego zamku Krak de Chevaliers, Syria. Autor: Szalen´cowa Anna. Read the full article (Polish language) |
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name: Great Buildings of the world |
Krak
des Chevaliers Commentary: "The
Krak of the Knights, described by T.E. Lawrence as 'the best preserved
and most wholly admirable castle in the world,' is the easternmost of
a chain of five castles sited so as to secure the Homs Gap... The castle
stands upon a southern spur of the Gebel Alawi, on the site of an earlier
Islamic 'Castle of the Kurds.' In 1142 it was given by Raymond, Count
of Tripoli, into the care of the Knights Hospitallers, and it was they
who, during the ensuing fifty years, remodelled and developed it as
the most distinguished work of military architecture of its time. (...)
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