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Syria

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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Syria - Main Archaeological Sites, Middle East
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