List of Crusader castles
This is a list of castles in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the crusades. For crusader castles in Poland and the Baltic states, see Ordensburg.
Cyprus
- Buffavento Castle
- Famagusta
- Kantara Castle
- Kolossi Castle
- Kyrenia Castle
- Larnaca Castle
- Limassol Castle
- Paphos Castle
- St. Hilarion Castle
Israel
- Acre (Akko) - fortified city
- Arsur, also known as Arsuf or Apollonia - fortified city and citadel; national park
- Belveer - Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
- Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National Park
- Bet Shean - castle ruins next to ancient town
- Caco at Qaqun - ruins of castle from Crusader and Mamluk periods; national park
- Beth Gibelin - castle ruins next to ancient town; national park
- Caesarea - fortified port city; national park
- Cafarlet, in Hebrew HaBonim Fortress - ruins of Umayyad castle reused by the Crusaders
- Casal des Plains - ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
- Casal Imbert - at Akhziv (former az-Zib) - Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
- Castellum Regis; inside village
- Chastellet, castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
- Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
- la Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata - Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
- Latrun
- Le Destroit
- Mirabel, in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek
- Montfort; inside national park
- Saphet, or Safed fortress
- Tower of David - the citadel of Jerusalem
- Tzippori - Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
- Yehiam Fortress - Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park
- Muslim castles built to oppose the Crusaders
- Nimrod Fortress, originally Qal'at as-Subayba; national park
Jordan
- Kerak
- Montreal
- Vaux Moise
- Muslim castles of the period
Lebanon
- Beaufort Castle
- Byblos Castle
- Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
- Mseilha Fort
- Saint Louis Castle
- Sidon Sea Castle
- Toron
Syria
- Chastel Blanc
- Krak des Chevaliers
- Margat, also known as Marqab
- Masyaf Castle
- Saladdin Castle, also known as Saône
Turkey
- Amouda
- Ayasuluk Castle, Selçuk
- Bagras
- Namrun Kalesi (Lampron)
- Servantikar
- Yılankale, or Castle of Snakes
See also
References
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- ↑ Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din, UNESCO, retrieved 2010-11-08