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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. Sidon's Sea Castle built by the crusaders as a fortress of the Holy Land in Sidon, Lebanon.
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]
Castle of Almourol [1] Castelo Branco [1] 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 ...
Castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller (3 C, 40 P) Pages in category "Crusader castles" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large Crusader castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century and it is situated high on a hilltop. [7] Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it Crac des ...
Sidon's Sea Castle (Arabic: قلعة صيدا البحرية, romanized: Kalaat Saida al-Bahriya) was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the Holy Land. It is one of the most prominent historical sites in the port city of Sidon , Lebanon .
This is a list of castles from around the world. By country Africa ... List of Crusader castles; List of motte-and-bailey castles; List of Ismaili castles; In fiction
Kerak Castle is an example of one of the first castles built by the Franks that used a fortified tower structure and is a notable example of Crusader architecture, a mixture of west European, Byzantine, and Arab designs.