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Sunset on the battlements of the Crusader castle of Krak de Chevalier C13th from the west
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Syria. Motorbike in front of the crusader castle of Krak des Chevaliers.
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![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354775](//image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc1ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI39Aj/862-03354775en_Masterfile.jpg)
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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Bam citadel,the most striking part of the 16th century Safavid city that once comprised 6 square kilometres and housed around 12,000 people.
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Jabrin Fort, Oman.Jabrin fort was built around 1670 by the Imam Bil srab during the Ya ruba dynasty.For a while, it was the Imams capital and an important seat of learning.
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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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Syria, Crac des Chevaliers. This medieval castle, built by the crusaders, was built to withstand siege for 5 years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nizwa mosque,Nizwa,Oman. One of the oldest and most famous forts in Oman is the one at Nizwa. Built in the 17th century at a strategic location,it controlled the routes from the Sunmail Gap to the Interior. It took over 30 years to build this single solid stucture. The mosque is next door to the fort.
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Architectural details of the crenellated walls of the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
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Silhouette of one of the towers of Ras al Hadd Castle at sunset. The 450 year old castle stands looking out to sea. It has 3 towers and a courtyard large enough to take all of the villagers when they were threatened with invasion. An escape tunnel travels 200m outside the fort into what was then a dwelling.
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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.
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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.
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![simsearch:862-03437387,k - Ruined buildings poke above the undergrowth at Saone Castle [aka Qalaat Saladin] near Latakia,the largest of all Crusader castles. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354778](//image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc4ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI5NAj/862-03354778en_Masterfile.jpg)
Ruined buildings poke above the undergrowth at Saone Castle [aka Qalaat Saladin] near Latakia,the largest of all Crusader castles.
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![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354777](//image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc3ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI3dAj/862-03354777en_Masterfile.jpg)
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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![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354776](//image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc2ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI3tAj/862-03354776en_Masterfile.jpg)
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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Oman, Al Jabal Al Akhdar. Renovated fort at the foot of the Al Hajar Mountains.
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A four-poster bed in a girl's bedroom in Nakhl Fort which stands in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains. The early foundations are thought to pre-date Islam. The mainly 17th century fortress visible today stands over 30 metres high and covers 3,400 square metres.
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Oman, Batinah, Rustaq. Omani boys stroll past a cannon in the grounds of Rustaq Fort, reputedly one of Oman's oldest forts.
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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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Syria, Crac des Chevaliers. This medieval castle, built by the crusaders, was built to withstand siege for 5 years.
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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.
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Oman,Batinah Plain,Rustaq. Rustaq fort,built four centuries prior to the dawn of Islam in Oman,is an imposing structure built on three levels,containing separate houses,an armoury,a mosque and four towers. The tallest tower stands over 18.5m high and has a diameter of 6m.
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Oman,Batinah Plain,Rustaq. Rustaq fort,built four centuries prior to the dawn of Islam in Oman,is an imposing structure built on three levels,containing separate houses,an armoury,a mosque and four towers. The tallest tower stands over 18.5m high and has a diameter of 6m.
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Architectural details of the buttresses inside the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
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Architectural details of the crenellated walls,tower and buttresses inside the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
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The carpetted interior of a reception room inside the castle at Jaalan Bani bu Hasan
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The massive central tower of Nizwa Fort is more than 150 feet high and took over 12 years to build in the 17th Century by Imam Sultan bin Saif bin Malik Al Ya'arubi.
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A watchtower within Al Hazm Castle. The magnificent 18th century military stronghold makes full use of traditonal Omani defensive features boasting a massive wooden entry door,secret escape tunnels,dungeons,cannon towers,gun ports and a machicolation for pouring boiling date syrup on attackers.
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An Omani man insideNakhl Fort which stands in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains. The early foundations are thought to pre-date Islam. The mainly 17th century fortress visible today stands over 30 metres high and covers 3,400 square metres.
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An Omani man walks past the high sided living quarters of Barka Fort,a major landmark on the Batinah coast. Dating from the early Ya'ruba Period,it has an unusual octagonal tower and two restored watchtowers.
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An Arab fortress stands over the spectacular ruined city of Palmyra. The city was at its height in the 3rd century AD but fell into decline when the Romans captured Queen Zenobia after she declared independence from Rome in 271.
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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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The Citadel before a storm,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.
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The Citadel at dusk,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.
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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.
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Sunset over Palmyra.Palmyra's correct name is actually Tadmor,a Semitic word still in use and apparently meaning 'to protect'. The city is referred as Palmyra in Greco-Latin sources,probably because of the large number of date palms in the area. The first two centuries of the Christian era were the period of Palmyra's greatest prosperity.
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Sunset over Palmyra.Palmyra's correct name is actually Tadmor,a Semitic word still in use and apparently meaning 'to protect'. The city is referred as Palmyra in Greco-Latin sources,probably because of the large number of date palms in the area. The first two centuries of the Christian era were the period of Palmyra's greatest prosperity.
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A 17th century Arab fortress looms betweeen the gap in the pillars of Palmyra's 'Great Colonnade',the desert city's main artery.
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Of questionable provinance,a modest boulder is all that remains of the 18m tall pillar upon which Simeon the Stylite stood for 38 years in the 5th century. The subsequent church that developed around it was later fortified in the 10th century.
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Azerbaijan,Baku. The 12th-century Maiden Tower is among the most striking monuments in Baku's restored Old City,or Icheri Shahar.
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Desert Luxury Hotel Anantara Qasr Al Sarab, built in the style of a desert fort in the Empty Quarter desert Rub Al Khali, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Asia
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Desert luxury hotel Anantara Qasr Al Sarab in the Empty Quarter desert Rub Al Khali, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Asia
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Eurasia, Caucasus region, Georgia, Shida Kartli, Gori, Gori Castle and Lomtchabuki statue
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Eurasia, Caucasus region, Georgia, Shida Kartli, Gori, Gori Castle and Lomtchabuki statue
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Defensive wall of the ancient holy Jerusalem, lit by the bright sun. Photo in old color image style.
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Sunset in the Dixam area of the Haghir Mountains against the silhouette of a Dragon’s Blood Tree (Dracaene cannabari).
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Oman, Dakhiliyah, Jabrin Fort. Built in around 1670 and restored in the early 1980s.
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Saudi Arabia, Jouf, Sakaka. Brilliant sunshine silhouettes the brooding outline of the 19th-century Zaabel Fort, or Qasr Za'abel.
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Oman, Al Jinah, Nizwa. Architectural stairs detail in the fort of Nizwa.
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Oman, Nakhl, a guard tower in Fort Nakhl with a view of the Hajar Mountains in the background.
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Syria, Palmyra. A tourist stands amongst the ancient ruins of Queen Zenobia's city at Palmyra.
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Syria, Palmyra. A tourist stands amongst the ancient ruins of Queen Zenobia's city at Palmyra.
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Oman,Muscat Region,Bandar Khayran. As the sun sets two divers exit the water after and evening dive on one of Omans many tropical reefs.
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Oman,Muscat Region,Bandar Khayran. As the sun sets two divers exit the water after and evening dive on one of Omans many tropical reefs.
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A warden walks along the beach at Ras al Jinz at sunrise looking for green turtles which use the beach as a regular nesting site
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Sunrise over the beach at Ras al Jinz which is used as a nesting site by green turtles
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Cliffs enclose the beach at Ras al Jinz which is used as a nesting site by green turtles. At sunrise you can make out the trails left by adult female turtles that have come out of the sea,laid their eggs and then returned to the water
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A view up the high walls enclosing the courtyard within Jabrin Castle. A striking blend of defensive architecture and sophisticated artistry,the palace at Jabrin was built around 1670 AD at the height of the Ya'aruba dynasty as a seat of learning for students of Islamic jurisprudence,medicine and astrology.
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The blue and gold dome and minaret of Masjid Sultan Qaboos are framed by the towers of Nizwa Fort .
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A cannon points out of a window in the watchtower of the old fort in the village of Afi Sefalah
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An Omani man walks in through the main entrance of Al Hazm Castle. The magnificent 18th century military stronghold makes full use of traditonal Omani defensive features boasting a massive wooden entry door,secret escape tunnels,dungeons,cannon towers,gun ports and a machicolation for pouring boiling date syrup on attackers.
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An old Omani man walks beneath the imposing watchtower of Al Hazm Castle. The magnificent 18th century military stronghold makes full use of traditonal Omani defensive features boasting a massive wooden entry door,secret escape tunnels,dungeons,cannon towers,gun ports and a machicolation for pouring boiling date syrup on attackers.
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Nakhl Fort stands in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains. The early foundations are thought to pre-date Islam. The mainly 17th century fortress visible today stands over 30 metres high and covers 3,400 square metres.
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Barka Fort is a major landmark on the Batinah coast. Dating from the early Ya'ruba Period,it has an unusual octagonal tower and two restored watchtowers.
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The spectacular ruined city of Palmyra,Syria. The city was at its height in the 3rd century AD but fell into decline when the Romans captured Queen Zenobia after she declared independence from Rome in 271.
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The Towers of Yemliko at Palmyra,Syria. The city was at its height in the 3rd century AD but fell into decline when the Romans captured Queen Zenobia after she declared independence from Rome in 271.
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![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354775](http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc1ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI39Aj/862-03354775en_Masterfile.jpg)
![simsearch:862-03437387,k - Ruined buildings poke above the undergrowth at Saone Castle [aka Qalaat Saladin] near Latakia,the largest of all Crusader castles. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354778](http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc4ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI5NAj/862-03354778en_Masterfile.jpg)
![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354777](http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc3ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI3dAj/862-03354777en_Masterfile.jpg)
![simsearch:862-03437387,k - 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. Stock Photo - Rights-Managed, Code: 862-03354776](http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/ODYyLTAzMzU0Nzc2ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AI3tAj/862-03354776en_Masterfile.jpg)
