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	Krak des Chevaliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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 fortress is located east of Tripoli in the "Homs Gap," atop a 650-meter high cliff along the only route from Antioch to Beirut and the Mediterranean Sea.
		T.E. Lawrence believed Krak des Chevaliers was the greatest of the Crusader castles and "the most wholly admirable castle in the world." Today it is owned by the Syrian government, who operate it as a tourist attraction.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/kr/krak_des_chevaliers.html (504 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - Krak des Chevaliers
		Krak des Chevaliers-Craig of the Knights-a fortress of astonishing strength, with towering defenses and walls dozens of feet deep thick-yielded at last in 1271...to a humble pigeon.
		The castle was built by the Crusaders on a spur in the Syrian Dessert for the strategic purpose of guarding the road between the Muslim city of Homs and the Christian city of Tripoli at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.
		Krak was the last defense in his way to total domination of what had been the Crusaders' kingdom.
	www.freefirezone.net /printthread.php?t=3485 (1492 words)

	Krak des chevaliers
		Krak is probably rooted in the Cultic language craig “the fort”, or a confusion with karak in Jordan
		The inner structure of Krak was built during the second period of the Franks occupation.
		After the fall of Krak to the Mamlukes, the chapel was converted into a mosque.
	www.alwadihotel.com /cities/cities8.htm (877 words)

	Homs:Krak des Chevaliers, Syria (Homs Online - Homsonline.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Meanwhile, Krak passed into the keeping of the Count of Tripoli, who handed it on, in 1142, to the Knights Hospitallers (like the Templars and the Ransomers, a military religious order) from whom it took the name "des Chevaliers".
		The single ward of the original eleventh-century castle covered about the same area as the later inner enclosure, and some of the remains of the early work on the crest of the spur are incorporated in the existing building.
		The south side of the Krak was the most vulnerable and Sultan Baybars added a strong bastion to it.
	www.homsonline.com /Citeis/KrakDesChevaliers.htm (710 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Mountain of the Knights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The castles built by the crusaders are the most imposing military works of the Middle Ages and the Krak des Chevaliers is the most imposing of the castles.
		Krak is a measure of the defensive skill of the Franks.
		Yet the Krak was as elegant as it was strong.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197003/the.mountain.of.the.knights.htm (366 words)

	Krak Des Chevaliers : Syria : By Carol Miller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The adaptations at Krak des Chevaliers served the single-minded purpose of a unique circumstance.
		The tight-knit military team, for all practical purposes, lived well, by obtaining supplies in the form of grains, produce and live animals, from the villages that dotted the base of the castle hill.
		Krak des Chevaliers, under Arab rule, became the seat of the Vice-Sultanate.
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/krakdeschevalier-cm.htm (1670 words)

	Krak des Chevaliers - Travel guide Hotel reservation for holidays in Krak des Chevaliers -
		The usual Syrian government practice of closing Tuesdays is generally ignored for Krak des Chevaliers, on account of its popularity as a tourist destination - that said, in the middle of winter, it's a good idea to phone the ticket office ahead of time just to check....
		Krak des Chevaliers was the easternmost of five Crusader fortifications guarding the only major pass (known as the 'Homs Gap' in the Orontes river Valley) between
		The Krak, however, was eventually lost by the naive crusaders to the Mamluk Sultan Baybars in 1271, who tricked the defenders into abandoning the castle by means of a faked letter from the Crusader Count of Tripoli.
	www.ooaj.com /travel/Krak_des_Chevaliers.html (879 words)

	Syria Gate - About Syria - Homs - Krak Des Chevaliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With its command over the valley between Homs and Tripoli, and being a model of perfection of medieval fortification, this Castle was never besieged or taken by storm.
		It was taken over by the Hospitallers in 1142, for the defense against the threat of Zengi in Aleppo.
		After that the Krak was kept in the hands of the crusaders, although it was damaged by a couple of earthquakes, and was rebuilt in its final form in the 13th century.
	www.syriagate.com /Syria/about/cities/Homs/krakdeschevalier.htm (668 words)

	Stones that did the work of men
		Perched on a windswept mountain spur which drops away abruptly on three sides, the Krak was by far the strongest of the crusader castles.
		On their tour of the Krak, he, his Syrian- born wife and their two thoroughly Australian children were being accompanied and feted by the aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of any Syrian's extended family.
		But while in its heyday the Krak maintained a garrison of 2000, by the latter half of the 13th century, it and Margat by then the only other important fortress in the area still in crusader hands could together muster only 300 knights.
	almashriq.hiof.no /syria/600/620/623/the_work_of_men (2576 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Stones That Did the Work of Men (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Krak des Chevaliers, or Castle of the Knights, was owned and manned by knights of the military-monastic Order of Hospitalers.
		On their tour of the Krak, he, his Syrian-born wife and their two thoroughly Australian children were being accompanied and feted by the aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of any Syrian's extended family.
		But while in its heyday the Krak maintained a garrison of 2000, by the latter half of the 13th century, it and Margat— by then the only other important fortress in the area still in crusader hands—could together muster only 300 knights.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/199306/stones.that.did.the.work.of.men.htm (3819 words)

	KacMac - Syria Guide: Krak Des Chevaliers
		Krak Des Chevaliers (Qalaat Al Hosn o Qal'at Al Hisn)
		The castle controls a strategic passage called the Homs gap in the Orontes Valley. The castle was erected covers an area of 3 hectares and has 13 towers containing a number of halls, stores, passages, stables and bridges.
		They held it for 130 years, until it was besieged and, after a month-long siege, captured by the Mameluke Sultan Beibars, on April 8th 1271.
	www.kacmac.com /cities/homs/krakdeschevaliers (717 words)

	SYRIA - KRAK DES CHEVALIERS
		Krak des Chevelairs, or Castle of the Knights, was the greatest castle ever built by the invading Crusaders in the land of Syria (which then included Lebanon and Palestine/Israel).
		Located in the mountains of northwestern Syria, Krak des Chevelairs exerted a stranglehold over the Homs Gap and thus controlled the flow of goods and traffic between the Mediterranean and the inland cities, as well as the land trade between Asia Minor and the Holy Land.
		The Knights of St John held it between 1142 and 1271, when it was finally conquered by the Egyptian Mamluk Sultan Baybars I. Well preserved, it is the most notable surviving example of Medieval military architecture, and perhaps the most well-known tourist attraction in Syria.
	weecheng.com /mideast/syria/krak1.htm (1388 words)

	The Blog of Hubbers: DAY 67 - THE KRAK DES CHEVALIERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Krak was worth the price of the tour alone though so all was not lost.
		Especially since the Krak is the fourth site in Syria that my ISIC card has allowed me to pay the ninety percent off student price.
		I wont bore you with details of the Krak except to say that it was a wickedly big crusader castle (easily the best so far) and this geek had a way cool time exploring it for a couple of hours.
	www.hubbers.com /blog/2001/09/day-67-krak-des-chevaliers.html (541 words)

	Krak des Chevaliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Krak des Chevaliers (French for Castle of Knights; Arabic: Qalaat Al-Hosn) is the largest fortress built by the Crusaders in Syria and one of the greatest surviving examples of medieval military architecture.
		Built on the site of an earlier Arab stronghold, the fortress is located near the central Syrian city of Homs, close to the Lebanese border.
		It was built by the Hospitallers, who held it between 1142 and 1271, when it was captured by Sultan Baybars of the Memluks.
	www.damascus-online.com /se/geo/krak_des_chevaliers.htm (80 words)

	InfoHub Forums - Syria and Lebanon, part IV: Hama, Afamea, Krak des Chevaliers
		I wanted to get an early start for the day as my guidebook made the trip out to Krak des Chevaliers to sound like something of an ordeal and I was hoping to get in before too many tourists showed up.
		The Krak, once called the world's greatest castle by a man who knew about such things, stands as a monument to the Crusdaders who helped bring it into existence.
		The Krak was built on a hill overlooking one such gap and was thus very important from a strategic viewpoint: Whoever held the Krak also controlled the pass.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?p=6123&mode=linear (2964 words)

	Crac des Chevaliers Crusader Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The hill on which Crac des Chevaliers was constructed was originally the site of a small fortress called the "Castle on the slope".
		It was taken over in 1011 by the Emir of Homs, who garrisoned his Kurdish soldiers there to protect the Syrian interior from the potential threat of invasion from the direction of the Mediterranean coast.
		Baybars later restored the damaged parts and built new towers; and the fortress retained its importance under the rule of the Arabs.
	www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk /crac.htm#history (335 words)

	Krak des Chevaliers
		Its high battlements command a view of the old Silk Road to the east and the Mediterranean to the west, with the snow capped mountains of Lebanon to the south.
		T.E.Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") famously described the Krak des Chevaliers as "...perhaps the most wholly admirable castle in the world." We hope that you will agree that his description applies equally to its region's olive oil.
		Just down the road from the Krak des Chevaliers is the ancient monastery of St. George (“Mar Giorgios”).
	www.craigsams.com /pages/krak.html (333 words)

	Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A day at Krak des Chevaliers justifies the unreasonably expensive Syria tourist visa.
		Krak des Chevaliers is open daily except public holidays.
		This steep inner castle wall is surrounded by a moat and a fortified outer castle wall.
	www.atwtravel.net /doc/english/journal/syria/krak.htm (180 words)

	The Explorers Gazette - 1.3 - Page 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In his place, there was another messenger, with yet another letter from the elusive T., reading, "Meet me at the Krak des Chevaliers at midnight".
		The moonlight brightened the valleys and gorges, the dark chasms and the steep rocky mountains.
		As I cast my eyes towards the top of the mountain we were climbing, I saw the powerful Krak des Chevaliers, called by some "the most wholly admirable castle in the world".
	www.ibgames.net /age/gazette/issue03/page3.html (866 words)

	Syrie - Jordanie 2001
		He went to jail but on the next morning, they were surprised to see him again in his minibus with a big smile after a bribe to get out the jail.
		After nearly one hour of driving I notice a castle in the background and I ask them if it is the Krak because I am not sure that the bus is aware of my will to go there.
		The driver didn’t know that I was going to the Krak and after his proposal to leave me on the highway to hitch hike, I want to see the manager in Homs to find a solution.
	ddpn.free.fr /syriejordanie/eng/j12.html (917 words)

	Krak des Chevaliers
		I am sitting in the shadow of what is probably the most awesome single castle ever built: Krak des Chevaliers, in what is now Syria.
		Located in the mountains to the northwest, Krak des Chevaliers controlled the Homs Gap and thus, the flow of traffic between the Mediterranean and the inland cities, as well as land trade between Asia Minor and the Holy Land.
		Detail : Krak des Chevaliers - A bunch of pictures showing the interior and exterior of the castle.
	www.fortunecity.com /tattooine/wyndham/128/krak.htm (263 words)

	Krak des Chevaliers Syria Overview, Discover Krak des Chevaliers Syria
		The spirit of the Crusades survives in a 12th century castle in Syria, in the most extraordinary of all Crusader strongholds in the Middle East.
		About two hours from Damascus, one can see silhouetted against the blue sky at the pinacle of a stone mountain the citadel and massive walls of the mightiest and best preserved castle Crac des Chevaliers.
		Known in Arabic as Qala'at al-Husn, it stands 650 meters above sea level and was built to dominate the pass that is Syria's gateway to the Mediterranean.
	www.chamhotels.com /crac_chevaliers.html (254 words)

	krak_ links_1.html
		Der Krak des Chevaliers ist die wohl bekannteste Kreuzfahrer-Burg in Syrien.
		Die vielfach umgebaute und veränderte Anlage liegt mehr als 650 m hoch in den südlichen Ausläufern des Jebel al-Ansariyeh zwischen Homs und Tartus.
		"The Krak of the Knights, described by T.E. Lawrence as 'the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world,' is the easternmost of a chain of five castles sited so as to secure the Homs Gap...
	www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/SYRIA/KRAK_DES_CHEVALIER_HOMS/krak_links_1.html (258 words)

	The Castle
		The castle shown in the picture above, and in the plan on the home page, is the castle of Krak des Chevaliers, in the Crusader state of Tripoli (modern Syria), which T.E. Lawrence described as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world".
		Like the castle of the Roq de Rançon, it stands on a massive outcrop overlooking the plain, and incorporates the remains of an earlier castle, known as Hosn al-Akrad, the Castle of the Kurds, after the Kurdish soldiers garrisoned there in the eleventh century.
		That on the left is Château Gaillard in Normandy; it was built by Richard the Lion Heart, in his capacity as Duke of Normandy, to defend his territory against the King of France.
	www.outremer.co.uk /castle.html (1155 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - Krak des Chevaliers
		So, a pidgeon flew up the crusaders Krak, and they lost their ass.
		Laz, Krak is considered by many to be THE strogest fortress made before the widespread use of gunpowder.
		Not of course to be confused with that other Krak fortress on the Vistula, Wawel...
	www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=3485 (2142 words)

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