Krak des Chevaliers, Homs Gap, Syria
Guard tower, Krak des Chevaliers, Qala'at al-Husn, Homs Gap, Syria. The guard towers are 8-10 metres thick, in total there is 7 towers around the castle. 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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13448430
Media ID
45390671
Size
4992px x 3328px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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