architecture
Crac des Chevaliers
Successive builders reshaped a fortress on a strategically placed ridge.
The story behind the place
The Hospitaller Order built Crac des Chevaliers between 1142 and 1271, followed by further Mamluk construction in the late thirteenth century. Its fabric records exchanges in fortified architecture during the Crusader and Islamic periods. Reading those layers reveals successive builders rather than a monument belonging to only one historical moment.
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Read more from the sources
- Crac des Chevaliers — UNESCO World Heritage CentreUNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Crac des Chevaliers — UNESCO World Heritage CentreUNESCO World Heritage Centre
