Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers
حصن الفرسان
Talkalakh District, Syria
Krak des Chevaliers from the southwest
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 (1516–1918) Alawite State (1920–1936) Syrian Republic (1936–1958) United Arab Republic (1958–1961) Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2012) Syrian opposition (2012–2014) 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
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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 (1516–1918)
Alawite State (1920–1936)
Syrian Republic (1936–1958)
United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
Syrian Arab Republic (1961–2012) Syrian opposition (2012–2014)