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Guard tower, Krak des Chevaliers, Qala'at al-Husn, Homs Gap, Syria. The guard towers are 8-10 metres thick, in total there is 7 towers around the castle. 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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AA562315
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4992px × 3328px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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Arab
Architecture
Battle
Castle
Christianity
Christians
Conquest
Crusades
Defence
Defense
Exterior
Fortress
Mameluke
Mediaeval
Medieval
Middle Ages
Military
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Syrian
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