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Overview of fortified medieval residences in the Eastern Mediterranean
Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the
Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a
World Heritage Site .
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This is a list of
castles in the Eastern
Mediterranean and
Middle East , founded or occupied during the
Crusades . For crusader castles in
Poland and the
Baltic states , see
Ordensburg .
Sidon's Sea Castle built by the
crusaders as a fortress of the
holy land in
Sidon ,
Lebanon .
Crusader states
Geographic location on today's map
Crusader castles by modern states
Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle
Egypt
Greece
Israel
The remains of
Belvoir Castle
Monfort castle
Acre (Akko) – fortified city
Aqua Bella, now
Ein Hemed – Crusader fortified farm; national park
Arsuf , also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the
Lordship of Arsuf ;
national park
Ashkelon – fortified city
Belinas –
Banias ; fortified town
Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz
Tzova
Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
Belvoir Castle ; Kochav HaYarden National Park
Bet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the
Lordship of Bethsan . Second castle on the
tell .
Beth Gibelin at
Eleutheropolis – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the
Lordship of Beth Gibelin ; national park
Beit Itab
Bethaatap, Arabic:
Bayt 'Itab – fortified manor (maison forte )
Blanchegarde at
Tell es-Safi – castle, seat of a lordship at biblical tell
Caco or Cacho Castle,
Qaqun ; rebuilt by Baybars; national park
Caesarea (Maritima) , stronghold of the
Lordship of Caesarea – fortified port city; national park
Cafarlet (Hebrew: HaBonim, Arabic: Kafr Lam) – ruins of
Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders
Calansue , Hospitaller castle
Casal Imbert – at
Achziv (formerly
Az-Zeeb until 1948) – Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
Casel des Plains –
Azor ; ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
Castellum Beleismum – tower on biblical
Tel Dothan
Castellum Beroart – the
Minat al-Qal'a Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders; at
Ashdod
Castellum Regis; castle, now inside village of
Mi'ilya
Caymont at
Tel Yokneam , seat of lordship
Chastel Hernaut or Arnoul, Latin: Castellum Arnaldi – castle at
Yalu
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Chastel Neuf or Castellum Novum outside
Margaliot , castle, rebuilt in Ottoman time (Qal'at Hunin)
Chastelet , castle ruin by
Jacob's Ford : see
Battle of Jacob's Ford ; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
Castellum Rogerii Langobardi – castle at
Umm Khalid /
Netaniya
[2]
Château Pèlerin , also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
Citadel of Safed , fortress from the Second Temple/Roman period, major administrative center.
Destroit, Le , near
Atlit
Forbelet Castle at
Taibe, Galilee ; battle site near the Hospitaller castle
Givat Titora , castle ruins
Ibelin , near
Yavne
Jaffa , fortified port town
Judin Castle at
Khirbat Jiddin or
Yehiam Fortress – Crusader castle, rebuilt in the 18th century; national park
Latrun , castle ruins
Kastel , on a hilltop next to Mevasseret, by the main Jerusalem Tel Aviv road
Merle - fortified enclosure, Arabic name: Burj al-Habis and Qal'at al-Tantura,
[2] at
Dor /
Tantura
Mirabel , in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the
Lordship of Mirabel
Montfort ; inside national park
Qula , Crusader tower and a vaulted structure
Ramla , stronghold of the
Lordship of Ramla
Safed , large castle on the tallest hill, rebuilt by Baybars
Saforie, le or
Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
Tel Hanaton – fortified farm
Tiberias – fortified Crusader city immediately north of abandoned city established in Roman times; on the shore of the
Sea of Galilee
Toron des Chevaliers, at
Latrun
Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at
Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
Turris Salinarum at
Tel Taninim – Crusader tower, the only remains of the castle
Jordan
Montreal (Shaubak)
Kerak
Doubtful proposals
Discarded proposals
Jarash : the
Temple of Artemis was reused as a castle by the Damascenes and destroyed by Baldwin II of Jerusalem, was therefore not used by the Crusaders.
Lebanon
Crusader castle in the village of
Toron ,
Lebanon
Palestine
Syria
The remains of
Margat
Discarded proposals
Turkey
The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast
The ruins of
Amouda Castle
See also
References
Bibliography
Pringle, Denys (1997). Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An Archaeological Gazetteer . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
9780521460101 .