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Krak des Chevaliers

Crusader castle

Gianfranco Gazzetti — CC BY-SA 4.0

One of the best-preserved medieval castles in the world, expanded by the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century and listed as a World Heritage site with the Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.

History

Handed to the Hospitallers in 1142 and taken by the Mamluk sultan Baybars in 1271.

Photos

Krak des Chevaliers
Krak_des_Chevaliers_landscape.jpg : (Ergo) derivative work: Nev1 ( talk ) — CC BY 2.0
Krak des Chevaliers
Bernard Gagnon — CC BY-SA 3.0
Krak des Chevaliers
Bernard Gagnon — CC BY-SA 3.0
Krak des Chevaliers
Bernard Gagnon — CC BY-SA 3.0
Krak des Chevaliers
Dosseman — CC BY-SA 4.0
Krak des Chevaliers
Dosseman — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dosseman — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Vyacheslav Argenberg — CC BY 4.0
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upyernoz from Haverford, USA — CC BY 2.0
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