Krak des Chevaliers, Homs Gap, Syria
Arches of the Gothic cloister and Chevaliers Room, 13th century, Krak des Chevaliers, Qala'at al-Husn, Homs Gap, Syria. Krak des Chevalliers was originally built in 1031 for amir of Aleppo, occupied by Crusader Tancred of Galilee in 1110, and given in 1144 to Knights Hospitaller, who rebuilt it as the largest Crusader castle in the Levant. Finally it was recaptured in 1271 and further modified by Mamluk Sultan Baybars
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13448428
Media ID
45390663
Size
4992px x 3328px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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