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

Kingdom of Cyprus/Kingdom of Jerusalem/County of Edessa/Principality of Antioch/Principality of Galilee/County of Jaffa and Ascalon/Lordship of Oultrejordain/Lordship of Sidon/County of Tripoli

Cyprus

Kyrenia Castle

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

Egypt

• Ile de graye

Israel

The remains of Belvoir Castle

Monfort castle

Kerak

• 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
• Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
• Banias
• Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National Park
• Bet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan
• 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, in Hebrew HaBonim Fortress – ruins of Umayyad castle 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
• 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
• Rubea
• Chastel Béroard
• la Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
• Le Destroit
• Jaffa
• Latrun
• Mirabel, in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
• Montfort; inside national park
• Nimrod Fortress, originally Qal'at as-Subayba; originally a Muslim castle built to oppose the Crusaders and now a national park
• Ramla, stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
• Safed
• Tiberias- Old Roman fortification overlooking The Sea of Galilee
• Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
• Tzippori – Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
• Yehiam Fortress – Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park

Jordan

The remains of Montreal (Crusader castle)

• Aqaba
• Diban Castle 31°30′7″N 35°46′36″E / 31.50194°N 35.77667°E
• Kerak Castle
• Montreal
• Vaux Moise
• Hisban Crusader Castle

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
• Burj al-Siba 34°26′59″N 35°49′50″E / 34.44972°N 35.83056°E
• 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

• Arima 34°44′39″N 36°2′33″E / 34.74417°N 36.04250°E
• Baniyas
• Bourzey castle
• Chastel Blanc
• Chastel Rouge
• Gibel
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Margat, also known as Marqab
• Masyaf Castle
• Qadmous
• Rouad
• Saladdin Castle, also known as Saône
• Sarmada
• Tortosa
• Tour du garçon 35°9′14″N 35°55′38″E / 35.15389°N 35.92722°E

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
• Kızkalesi (castle)
• Kozan, Adana
• Namrun Kalesi (Lampron)
• Rumkale
• Ravanda Castle 36°52′22″N 37°3′10″E / 36.87278°N 37.05278°E
• Servantikar
• Silifke Castle
• Tokmar Castle
• Trapesac castle 36°31′53″N 36°21′52″E / 36.53139°N 36.36444°E
• Tumlu 37°9′1″N 35°42′5″E / 37.15028°N 35.70139°E
• Yaka Castle
• Yılankale, or Castle of Snakes

See also

• List of castles
• Ordensburg

References

1. Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din, UNESCO, retrieved 2010-11-08