Krak des Chevaliers in the Homs Gap
Artist/Photographer | Cox, Bernard Hugh (1907?-1986) |
Country | Syria |
City | Krak des Chevaliers |
Subject Date | 1142 |
Image Date | 1985 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Medieval |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | SYR 24 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Bernard Cox / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Fortifications ; Castles |
NOTES; Located close to the border of Lebanon, this fortress was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. It was expanded between 1150 and 1250.
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