Krak Des Chevaliers

Knights’ Castle In Winter

Krak des Chevaliers, also transliterated Crac des Chevaliers, is a Crusader fortress in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval military architectures in the world. In Arabic, the fortress is called Qal’at al-Ḥiṣn (Arabic: قلعة الحصن), the word Krak coming from the Syriac karak, meaning fortress. It is located 65 km west of [...]

Knights’ Castle

The castle outer look, from the west-side. Inside the castle: Nearby Villages The views from the high points of castle:

Krak des Chevaliers. Knights’ Castle. قلعة الحصن

Here it begins the road to the castle, when it is seen from main Homs-Wadi road. Krak des Chevaliers (also Crac des Chevaliers, “fortress of the knights” in a mixture of Arabic and French) was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria during the Crusades. The castle is located east of Tripoli in the [...]