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Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers
حصن الفرسان
Talkalakh District, Syria
Krak des Chevaliers 01.jpg
Krak des Chevaliers from the southwest
Krak des Chevaliers is located in Syria
Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers
Coordinates 34°45′25″N 36°17′40″E / 34.756944°N 36.294444°E / 34.756944; 36.294444
Type Concentric castle
Site information
Controlled by

Kurdish troops of the Mirdasids (1031–1099)
County of Tripoli (1110–1143)
Knights Hospitaller (1143–1271)
Mamluk Sultanate (1271–1516)
Ottoman Empire (15161918)
Alawite State (1920–1936)
Syrian Republic (1936–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Syria Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2012) Syrian Republic (1930–58) Syrian opposition (2012–2014)

Syria Syrian Arab Republic (2014–present)
Open to
the public
Inaccessible (in a war zone)
Condition Mostly good but damaged due to Syrian Civil War
Site history
Built 1031 (first castle)
1142–1170 (second castle)
Built by Shibl al-Dawla Nasr (first castle)
Knights Hospitaller (second castle)
Materials Limestone
Battles/wars

Crusades
Syrian Civil War

Type Cultural
Criteria ii, vi
Designated 2006 (30th session)
Part of Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Reference no. 1229
State Party  Syria
Region Arab States

Kurdish troops of the Mirdasids (1031–1099)
County of Tripoli (1110–1143)
Knights Hospitaller (1143–1271)
Mamluk Sultanate (1271–1516)
Ottoman Empire (15161918)
Alawite State (1920–1936)
Syrian Republic (1936–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Syria Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2012) Syrian Republic (1930–58) Syrian opposition (2012–2014)


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