User:ThinkingTwice/project page/List of Crusader castles

Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a World Heritage Site.[1]

This is a list of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the Crusades. For crusader castles in Poland and the Baltic states, see Ordensburg.

In the Levant / Holy Land

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Name Crusader State Image Modern Country Notes References
Acre   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel fortified city
Arsur   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel also known as Arsuf or Apollonia - fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; national park
Amouda   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia   Turkey
Bagras   Principality of Antioch     Turkey
Beaufort Castle   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Lebanon
Belveer   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
Belvoir Fortress   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel Kochav HaYarden National Park
Bet Shean   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel Castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan
Caco   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel ruins of castle from Crusader and Mamluk periods; national park
Beth Gibelin   Kingdom of Jerusalem   Israel castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin; national park
Byblos Castle   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Lebanon
Caesarea   Kingdom of Jerusalem   Israel fortified port city, stronghold of the Lordship of Caesarea; national park
Cafarlet   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel in Hebrew HaBonim Fortress - ruins of Umayyad castle reused by the Crusaders
Casal des Plains   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
Casale Umberti   Kingdom of Jerusalem   Israel at Akhziv (former az-Zib) - Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
Castellum Regis   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel inside village
Chastel Blanc   County of Tripoli     Syria
Chastellet     Israel castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
Château Pèlerin     Israel also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
la Tour Rouge   Israel la Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata - Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles   County of Tripoli     Lebanon
Citadel of Salah Ed-Din   Principality of Antioch     Syria also known as Saône or Saladdin Castle
Kerak Castle   Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Oultrejordain
    Jordan
Korikos   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia     Turkey
Krak des Chevaliers   County of Tripoli     Syria
Lampron   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia     Turkey
Latrun   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel
Le Destroit   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel
Levonkla (Yılankale), or Castle of Snakes   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia     Turkey
Margat, also known as Marqab   County of Tripoli     Syria
Masyaf Castle     Syria
Mirabel     Israel in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
Montfort   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Israel inside national park
Montreal Castle   Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Oultrejordain
    Jordan
Mseilha Fort     Lebanon
Ramla   Kingdom of Jerusalem   Israel stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
Safed fortress     Israel Saphet
Saint Louis Castle     Lebanon
Sarvandikar   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia   Turkey
Ayasuluk Castle   Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia     Turkey
Sidon Sea Castle   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Lebanon stronghold of the Lordship of Toron in the Principality of Galilee
Tartous     Syria
Toron   Kingdom of Jerusalem     Lebanon stronghold of the Lordship of Toron in the Principality of Galilee
Tiberias   Kingdom of Jerusalem
Principality of Galilee
    Israel The city was given in fief to Tancred, who made it his capital of the Principality of Galilee in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Tower of David     Israel the citadel of Jerusalem
Tzippori     Israel Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
Vaux Moise   Kingdom of Jerusalem
Lordship of Oultrejordain
  Jordan
Yehiam Fortress     Israel Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park

Island of Cyprus

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Name Crusader State Image Modern Country Notes References
Buffavento Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Northern Cyprus
Famagusta   Kingdom of Cyprus     Northern Cyprus
Kantara Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Northern Cyprus
Kolossi Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Northern Cyprus
Larnaca Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Cyprus
Limassol Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Cyprus
Paphos Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Cyprus
St. Hilarion Castle   Kingdom of Cyprus     Northern Cyprus

In the Balkans

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Name Crusader State Image Modern Country Notes References
Rhodes, Palace of the Grand Master   Knights Hospitaller     Greece

Muslim castles built to oppose the Crusaders

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This is a list of fortress specifically created to oppose the Crusaders and would not have been built if the Crusades had not been called.

Name State Image Modern Country Notes References
Ajloun Castle   Ayyubid dynasty     Jordan
Nimrod Fortress   Ayyubid dynasty     Israel originally Qal'at as-Subayba; national park Israel



References

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  1. ^ Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din, UNESCO, retrieved 2010-11-08