Monday, August 29, 2011

Crac des Chevaliers, Syria

It's looking good for a castle that has been on the landscape almost a millennium. It was built by the Crusaders and occupied by the Knights Hospitaller. 'Crac' comes from the Aramaic name for a fort.  Coincidentally, it guards a 'crack' in the mountain range that seals Syria off from the Mediterranean coast. [1996]

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