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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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	Mamluk Sultan Baibars →
captureYear	1271 →
controlledBy	County of Tripoli → Knights Hospitaller → Mamluk Sultanate →
country	Syria →
damagedDuring	Syrian civil war →
garrisonCapacity	around 2,000 soldiers →
hasArabicName	Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn →
hasNameVariant	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 Governorate → Syria →
locatedNear	border between Syria and Lebanon → village of al-Husn →
materialUsed	stone →
openToPublic	yes →
originallyBuiltBy	Emir of Homs →
overlooks	Homs Gap → route between Antioch and Beirut →
partOf	World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" →
rebuiltInPeriod	12th century → 13th century →
region	Levant →
situatedOn	hilltop →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1229 →
usedDuring	Crusades →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Krak des Chevaliers ("Crac des Chevaliers") →	hasNameVariant
Knights Hospitaller →	militaryBase
Krak des Chevaliers ("World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"") →	partOf