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  Probably the most celebrated of Crusader castles,the 12th century fortress,Krak des Chevaliers [aka Qalaat al-Husn],was built by the Knights Hospitaller and occupied a prime strategic position.
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  Syria. Motorbike in front of the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers.
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  Syria, Crac des Chevaliers. This medieval castle, built by the crusaders, was built to withstand siege for 5 years.
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  Ruined buildings poke above the undergrowth at Saone Castle [aka Qalaat Saladin] near Latakia,the largest of all Crusader castles.
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  Originally cut by Byzantines and enlarged by the Franks,the celebrated gorge and drawbridge pillar of Saone (near Latakia) remain among its most stirring remains. The Crusader castle [aka Qalaat Saladin] fell in 1188.
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  One of the interior passageways leading to the keep at the Krak des Chevaliers,the best preserved of the crusader castles in the Middle East,Syria.
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  Sunset on the battlements of the Crusader castle of Krak de Chevalier C13th from the west
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  Oman, Al Jabal Al Akhdar. Renovated fort at the foot of the Al Hajar Mountains.

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• Syria, Aleppo. Entrance to the Citadel.
• Oman,Musandam Peninsula,Khasab. A traditional mud built fort overlooking the bay to the front of the small town of Khasab famous for fishing and smuggling in small,fast boats,to and from Iran.
• Architectural details of the crenellated walls of the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
• A tower inside the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
• The outer wall and a turret of the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
• The first Rustaq Fort was built by the Persians in the pre-Islamic period. It became the capital of the Ya'ruba dynasty and was subsequently re-built in the 17th Century. Oman's second largest fort,it sits at the foot of Jabal al Akhdar on the edge of the Batinah Plain.
• A statue of Saladin stands in front of the citadel,Damascus,Syria
• The Citadel,Aleppo. There has been a fortress on the site since at least 350BC,but most of the remains today date from the Mamluks in the 13th and 14th centuries.