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.
Crusader states
Locations
- Kingdom of Cyprus: Island of Cyprus (north and south)
- County of Edessa: South-east Turkey
- Principality of Antioch: North-west Syria, southern Turkey
- County of Tripoli: Northern Lebanon, north-west Syria
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Lordship of Sidon: Central Lebanon
- Principality of Galilee: Northern Israel, Southern Lebanon, Southwest Syria
- County of Jaffa and Ascalon: Southern Israel, eastern Egypt
- Lordship of Oultrejordain: South-west Jordan
Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle
- Buffavento Castle
- Famagusta
- Kantara Castle
- Kolossi Castle
- Kyrenia Castle
- Larnaca Castle
- Limassol Castle
- Paphos Castle
- St. Hilarion Castle
Egypt
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
- Ashkelon – fortified city
- Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
- Banias
- Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National Park
- Bet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan
- 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
- Cisterna Rubea
- Chastel Béroard
- Ibelin, near Yavne
- Jaffa
- Le Destroit, near Atlit
- 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
- Safed
- Tiberias- Old Roman fortification overlooking The Sea of Galilee
- Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
- Toron des Chevaliers, at Latrun
- Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
- Tzippori – Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
- Yehiam Fortress – Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park
Jordan
The remains of Montreal (Crusader castle)
- Aqaba
- Diban Castle 31°30′7″N 35°46′36″E / 31.50194°N 35.77667°E
- Kerak Castle[2]
- Montreal
- Vaux Moise
- Hisban Crusader Castle
Lebanon
- Arqa
- Batroun
- Beaufort Castle
- Belhacem 33°34′24″N 35°28′36″E / 33.57333°N 35.47667°E
- Burj al-Siba 34°26′59″N 35°49′50″E / 34.44972°N 35.83056°E
- Byblos Castle
- Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
- Gibelacar
- Coliath
- Mseilha Fort
- Nephin
- Saint Louis Castle - Sidon Land Castle
- Sarba
- Sidon Sea Castle, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron
- Toron, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron
Syria
The remains of Margat
- Arima 34°44′39″N 36°2′33″E / 34.74417°N 36.04250°E
- Baniyas
- Bourzey castle
- Chastel Blanc
- Chastel Rouge
- Krak des Chevaliers
- Margat, also known as Marqab
- Masyaf Castle
- Qadmous
- Rouad
- Saladdin Castle, also known as Saône
- Sarmada
- Tartus
- Tour du garçon 35°9′14″N 35°55′38″E / 35.15389°N 35.92722°E
Turkey
The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast
- Anavarza Castle
- Antioch
- Amouda
- Ayasuluk Castle, Selçuk
- Bagras
- Cursat 36°5′46″N 36°11′59″E / 36.09611°N 36.19972°E
- Kızkalesi (castle)
- Kozan, Adana
- Namrun Kalesi (Lampron)
- Rumkale
- Ravanda Castle 36°52′22″N 37°3′10″E / 36.87278°N 37.05278°E
- Servantikar
- Silifke Castle
- Tokmar Castle
- Trapesac castle 36°31′53″N 36°21′52″E / 36.53139°N 36.36444°E
- Tumlu 37°9′1″N 35°42′5″E / 37.15028°N 35.70139°E
- Yaka Castle
- 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
- ↑ Husseini, Rana (December 18, 2016). "Death toll in Karak attacks rises to 14, including four terrorists". Jordan Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
2. http://tripedia.info/castles-in-israel-you-didnt-know-existed/
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