List of Crusader castles

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.^[1]

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

Crusader castles by modern states

Cyprus

Kyrenia Castle

• Buffavento Castle
• Famagusta
• Kantara Castle
• Kolossi Castle
• Kyrenia Castle
• Larnaca Castle
• Limassol Castle
• Paphos Castle
• St. Hilarion Castle

Israel

The remains of Belvoir Castle

Monfort castle

• Acre (Akko) – fortified city
• Arsuf, also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; national park
• Ashkelon – fortified city
• Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz Tzova
• Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
• Banias – fortified town
• 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 – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin; 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
• Casal des Plains – ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
• Casal Imbert – at Akhziv (former az-Zib) – Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
• Castellum Regis; inside village of Mi'ilya
• Chastellet, castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
• Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
• Cisterna Rubea
• Chastel Béroard – the Umayyad fort of Minat al-Qal'a at Ashdod-Sea, reused by the Crusaders
• Ibelin, near Yavne
• Jaffa, fortifide port town
• Le Destroit, near Atlit
• Mirabel, in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
• Montfort; inside national park
• Ramla, stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
• Safed
• Tiberias – fortified Crusader city immediately north of abandoned city established in Roman times; on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
• Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
• Toron des Chevaliers, at Latrun
• Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
• Tzippori – Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
• Yehiam Fortress – Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park

Discarded proposals

• Nimrod Fortress, Arabic names Qal'at Nimrud and Qal'at as-Subayba; Ayyubid castle expanded by Baibars, built to protect the road to Damascus from Crusaders and Muslim rivals; wrongly believed to be a Crusader castle; now a national park

Jordan

Montreal (Shaubak)

Kerak

• Amman, on Citadel Hill
• Kerak Castle^[2]
• Montreal
• Tafilah ^[3]
• Al-Habis at Petra
• Vaux Moise (Wu'ayra in Arabic) near Petra

Doubtful proposals

• Aqaba – doubtful, no traces found; castle on Ile de Graye might have been meant instead
• Diban Castle 31°30′7″N 35°46′36″E / 31.50194°N 35.77667°E / 31.50194; 35.77667
• Hisban Crusader Castle

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.^[4]

Lebanon

Crusader castle in the village of Toron, Lebanon

• Arqa
• Batroun
• Beaufort Castle
• Belhacem 33°34′24″N 35°28′36″E / 33.57333°N 35.47667°E / 33.57333; 35.47667
• Burj al-Siba 34°26′59″N 35°49′50″E / 34.44972°N 35.83056°E / 34.44972; 35.83056
• Byblos Castle
• Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
• Gibelacar
• Coliath
• Mseilha Fort
• Nephin
• Saint Louis Castle – Sidon Land Castle
• Sarba
• Sidon Sea Castle, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron
• Toron, stronghold of the Lordship of Toron

Syria

The remains of Margat

• Adimeh, Tour du garçon 35°09′14″N 35°55′39″E / 35.15389°N 35.92750°E / 35.15389; 35.92750
• Areimeh,^[5] 34°44′39″N 36°2′33″E / 34.74417°N 36.04250°E / 34.74417; 36.04250
• Baniyas
• Bourzey castle
• Chastel Blanc
• Chastel Rouge
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Margat, also known as Marqab
• Masyaf Castle
• Qadmous
• Rouad
• Saladdin Castle, Crusader name: Saône
• Sarmada
• Tartus

Turkey

The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast

• Anavarza Castle
• Antioch
• Amouda
• Ayasuluk Castle, Selçuk
• Bagras
• Cursat 36°5′46″N 36°11′59″E / 36.09611°N 36.19972°E / 36.09611; 36.19972
• Kızkalesi (castle)
• Kozan, Adana
• Namrun Kalesi (Lampron)
• Rumkale
• Ravanda Castle 36°52′22″N 37°3′10″E / 36.87278°N 37.05278°E / 36.87278; 37.05278
• Servantikar
• Silifke Castle
• Tokmar Castle
• Trapesac castle 36°31′53″N 36°21′52″E / 36.53139°N 36.36444°E / 36.53139; 36.36444
• Tumlu 37°9′1″N 35°42′5″E / 37.15028°N 35.70139°E / 37.15028; 35.70139
• Yaka Castle
• Yılankale, or Castle of Snakes

See also

• List of castles
• Ordensburg

References

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2. http://tripedia.info/castles-in-israel-you-didnt-know-existed/