Krak des Chevaliers

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Crusader castle World Heritage Site fortress medieval castle

Krak des Chevaliers is a famed medieval Crusader castle in present-day Syria, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most impressive examples of military fortification architecture.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Krak des Chevaliers canonical 5
Crac des Chevaliers 3
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader castle ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalFeature chapel ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
concentric fortification ⓘ
hall ⓘ
inner ward ⓘ
keep ⓘ
massive curtain walls ⓘ
moat ⓘ
outer ward ⓘ
stables ⓘ
towers ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
builtInPeriod 11th century ⓘ
capturedBy Baibars ⓘ
surface form: Mamluk Sultan Baibars
captureYear 1271 ⓘ
controlledBy County of Tripoli ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
damagedDuring Syrian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Syrian civil war
garrisonCapacity around 2,000 soldiers ⓘ
hasArabicName Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn ⓘ
hasNameVariant Krak des Chevaliers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Crac des Chevaliers

Krak de l’Hospital ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 2006 ⓘ
knownFor impressive military architecture ⓘ
role in Crusader states defense ⓘ
state of preservation ⓘ
laterGrantedTo Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
locatedIn Homs ⓘ
surface form: Homs Governorate

Syria ⓘ
locatedNear border between Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
village of al-Husn ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy Emir of Homs ⓘ
overlooks Homs ⓘ
surface form: Homs Gap

route between Antioch and Beirut ⓘ
partOf Krak des Chevaliers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"
rebuiltInPeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
region Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
situatedOn hilltop ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1229 ⓘ
usedDuring Crusades ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knights Hospitaller → militaryBase → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak des Chevaliers → partOf → Krak des Chevaliers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"
Krak des Chevaliers → hasNameVariant → Krak des Chevaliers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crac des Chevaliers
Akko → notableStructure → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hospitaller Fortress
Crusader architecture → hasNotableExample → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums → protects → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Emir of Homs → placeOfActivity → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Krak des Chevaliers region
Emir of Homs → associatedWith → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak de l’Hospital → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak de l’Hospital → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crac des Chevaliers
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crac des Chevaliers