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Castle of Idanha [1] Castle of Monsanto [1] Castle of Penha Garcia [1] Castle of Pombal [2] Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar. [16] Old town of Tomar, including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa Maria do Olival [1] [2]
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.
Pages in category "Castles and fortifications of the Knights Templar" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The castle was built c. 1220 [6] [7] by the Order of the Knights Templar. It served as the order's central commandery in the region [8] [circular reference] and was the home of the grand master [9] [10] of the order in Périgord Noir (Sarladais) [10] [11] until the order was purged in 1307. In 1316, the commander of Sergeac, Guillaume de ...
The Order's mission developed from protecting pilgrims to taking part in regular military campaigns early on, [31] and this is shown by the fact that the first castle received by the Knights Templar was located four hundred miles north of the pilgrim road from Jaffa to Jerusalem, on the northern frontier of the Principality of Antioch: the ...
The Knights Hospitaller operated a wide network of properties in the Middle Ages from their successive seats in Jerusalem, Acre, Cyprus, Rhodes and eventually Malta. In the early 14th century, they received many properties and assets previously in the hands of the Knights Templar .
The castle came under Crusader control in 1240 as part of a treaty negotiated by Theobald I of Navarre. It was sold to the Knights Templar by Reginald's grandson, Julian of Sidon, in 1260. [8] In 1268, the Mamluke Sultan Baibars captured the castle, and there was relative calm through the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. [4]
The castle was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with Qal'at Salah El-Din, in 2006, [1] and is owned by the Syrian government. Smoke coming from the castle in August 2013, during the Syrian Civil War. Several of the castle's former residents built their houses outside the fortress and a village called al-Husn has since developed. [50]