Kerak Castle

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Crusader castle castle fortress tourist attraction

Kerak Castle is a massive 12th-century hilltop fortress in modern-day Jordan, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most strategically important examples of Crusader military architecture in the Levant.

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Label Occurrences
Karak Castle 4
Kerak Castle canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader castle ⓘ
castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alternativeName Crac des Moabites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Le Crac de Moab NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Crusader military architecture ⓘ
builder Lords of Oultrejordain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pagan the Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy Crusaders NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedBy Saladin NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1140s ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Ayyubid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
dateOfCapture 1188 ⓘ
elevation approximately 900 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasFeature chapel ⓘ
deep ditches ⓘ
massive curtain walls ⓘ
stables ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
towers ⓘ
underground passages ⓘ
vaulted halls ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus one of the best-preserved Crusader castles in the Levant ⓘ
historicalEvent Siege of Kerak (1183) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Kerak (1184) by Saladin NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 12th century ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karak Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karak, Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn hilltop ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Karak NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Highway 35 (King's Highway) NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks Wadi al-Karak NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient trade routes between Damascus and Egypt ⓘ
partOf Crusader states NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance controlled trade and military routes between Syria and Egypt ⓘ
timePeriod Crusades NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism major tourist attraction in Jordan ⓘ
usedFor administrative center ⓘ
military defense ⓘ
residence of local lords ⓘ

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

Crusader architecture → hasNotableExample → Kerak Castle ⓘ
Transjordanian highlands → containsArchaeologicalSite → Kerak Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karak Castle
Karak → hasLandmark → Kerak Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karak Castle
Karak Governorate → contains → Kerak Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karak Castle
Karak Governorate → tourismAttraction → Kerak Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karak Castle