Krak des Chevaliers: Top Photos

The world's most perfectly preserved Crusader castle, brooding over the Syrian highlands

Krak des Chevaliers, a Crusader castle in Syria, one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The castle sits atop a 650-m-high hill east of Tartus, Syria, in the Homs Gap, Talka
Krak des Chevaliers, a Crusader castle in Syria, one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The castle sits atop a 650-m-high hill east of Tartus, Syria, in the Homs Gap,… © Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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