List of Crusader castles

Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a World Heritage Site.^[1]

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.

Holy Land / Kingdom of Jerusalem

Israel

The remains of Belvoir Castle

Monfort castle

• Acre (Akko) – fortified city
• Arsuf, also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; 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, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan
• Caco at Qaqun – ruins of castle from Crusader and Mamluk periods; national park
• Beth Gibelin – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin; national park
• Caesarea (Maritima), stronghold of the Lordship of 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, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
• Montfort; inside national park
• Nimrod Fortress, originally Qal'at as-Subayba; originally a Muslim castle built to oppose the Crusaders and now a national park
• Ramla, stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
• Saphet, or Safed Fortress
• Tiberias- Old Roman fortification overlooking The Sea of Galilee
• Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
• Tzippori – Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
• Yehiam Fortress – Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park

Jordan

Kerak

• Kerak Castle
• Montreal
• Vaux Moise

Muslim castles of the period

• Ajlun Castle

Lebanon

• Beaufort Castle
• Byblos Castle
• Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
• Mseilha Fort
• Saint Louis Castle
• Sidon Sea Castle, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron
• Toron, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron

Syria

The remains of Margat

• Chastel Blanc
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Margat, also known as Marqab
• Masyaf Castle
• Saladdin Castle, also known as Saône

Turkey

The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast

• Amouda
• Ayasuluk Castle, Selçuk
• Bagras
• Namrun Kalesi (Lampron)
• Servantikar
• Yılankale, or Castle of Snakes

Islands

Cyprus

Kyrenia Castle

• Buffavento Castle
• Famagusta
• Kantara Castle
• Kolossi Castle
• Kyrenia Castle
• Larnaca Castle
• Limassol Castle
• Paphos Castle
• St. Hilarion Castle

See also

• List of castles
• Ordensburg

References

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