Krak des Chevaliers
[Fortress]
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Common name
Krak des Chevaliers
Local name
Qal’at e Hosn / Qalaat al-Husn / Qalaat al-Akrad
Type
Type
Castle / Fortress.
Sea walls / Land walls
Land
Location / Current context
Location / Current context
In Countryside.
Interest
Interest
Architectural.
Interest
View.
Interest
Historical.
Interest
Strategic.
Interest
Military Art.
Recent visit
6/11/2009
Classification of current use
Classification of current use
Open to the public.
Key words
Aqueduct.
Architecture.
Castle / Fortress.
Catholic Church / Latin Church.
County of Tripoli / Comté de Tripoli.
Crusaders.
Frankish rule / Latin rule.
Frenchmen.
Homs / Emesa.
Kurds.
Lebanon, mountain.
Mamluks.
Medieval era.
Middle East under Latin rule.
Moat, trench.
Orontes River.
Syria.
Tower, towers.