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The eastern slope of Larisa and the flat ground to its east was settled in the Late Bronze Age by the Dorians, and their settlement and temple became the nucleus of Classical Argos. [2]: 64–5 Long walls (analogous to the Athenian Long Walls) connecting to Nauplion were begun circa 421 B.C. by Athenian masons.
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 "Lists of castles in the Middle East" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, the Crusaders captured the castle built on Larisa Hill, the site of the ancient acropolis, and the area became part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplia. In 1388, it was sold to the Republic of Venice , but was taken by the Despot of the Morea Theodore I Palaiologos before the Venetians could take control ...
Although stone construction would later become common elsewhere, from the 11th century onwards it was the primary building material for Christian castles in Spain, [80] while at the same time timber was still the dominant building material in north-west Europe. [77] Built in 1138, Castle Rising in Norfolk, England is an example of an elaborate ...
List of castles in Bosnia and Herzegovina; List of castles in Bulgaria; List of castles in Croatia; List of castles in Cyprus; List of castles in Czech Republic; List of castles and palaces in Denmark ; List of castles in Estonia; List of castles in Finland; List of castles in France; List of castles in Georgia; List of castles in Germany; List ...
This was the first of the Crusades, a series of religious wars in Europe and the Middle East from the 11th to the 13th centuries. [31] [32] [33] The four Crusader states established after the First Crusade, as they were in 1135: the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch, and the County of Edessa
Castles in Europe provided lordly accommodation for their owners and acted as centres of administration. In the Levant the need for defence was paramount and this was reflected in castle design. Historian Hugh Kennedy suggests that "The castle scientifically designed as a fighting machine surely reached its apogee in great buildings like Margat ...