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Kerak castle, Jordan
Kerak castle and its fortified walls and glacis or artificial slope of earth, viewed from the East, Kerak, Jordan. Kerak is a crusader castle begun in the 1140s under Pagan the Butler, Lord of Transjordan. It was the centre of power for Transjordan and was ruled by the crusader Renaud de Chatillon, the Ayyubids, Mamluks and Ottomans. It is a spur castle with walls protected by projecting towers and its glacis providing extra defense against the enemy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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AR9181489
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Image
Purpose
Public
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7135px × 3677px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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12TH CENTURY
Al Karak
Architecture
building
Castle
color
Crac des Moabites
Crusader castle
Crusades
DAY
Defense
DEFENSIVE
Desert
Exterior
Fortress
glacis
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
IMAGE
JORDAN
Jordanian
Karak
Karak in Moab
Kerak
Kerak castle
Landscape
MC
MIDDLE EAST
Middle Eastern
Morning
Oultre Jourdain
Outdoors
OUTSIDE
Photograph
Road
spur castle
TOURISM
Tourist Attraction
Transjordan
Travel
WALLS