Syria

View of 2 guard towers 8-10 meters thick, Krak des Chevaliers, Qala'at al-Husn, originally built 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 recaptured in 1271 and further modified by Mamluk Sultan Baybars, Homs Gap, Syria Picture by Manuel Cohen

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View of 2 guard towers 8-10 meters thick, Krak des Chevaliers, Qala'at al-Husn, originally built 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 recaptured in 1271 and further modified by Mamluk Sultan Baybars, Homs Gap, Syria Picture by Manuel Cohen