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the imposing Krak des Chevaliers

In a weekend of little trips to Syria I visited two sites that I loved. On the one hand, going to Tartous, near the Mediterranean and even further from the border with Lebanon, is the Krak des Chevaliers, on the other, closer to Damascus and the desert, the monastery of Deir Mar Musa. Today I am telling you first, and it will delight you with Deir Mar Musa another day;)

The Krak des Chevaliers (Castle of the Knights, or Crac de los Caballeros) is a fortification built in 1031 for the emir of Aleppo and occupied by Crusaders end of that century, during the First Crusade, until the left to continue his journey to Jerusalem.

The Knights Hospitallers were its next tenants. The reconstructed by and enlarged, and reached more than 2.000 people live in it. Their stores for food and animals were such that it believes could have survived for five years at an enemy site.

The Crac is considered an example of perfection when it comes medieval fortifications. In fact, never was besieged with success and only fell into enemy hands when the occupants were deceived.

was Baibars who devised the plan that brought down the Hospitallers, forged a letter from the commander of the Crusaders in Tripoli asking his men to surrender, and they did. It was precisely Baibars who turned the chapel into a mosque Crac, perhaps the only evidence that the crash was not only occupied by Christians.

I telling you all this when in fact what I meant was that the crash is a small wonder. Is extremely well preserved, especially considering that almost a thousand years ago it was built. I would define it as the castle with the kids dream of when they think of the knights and their fights. When you play with swords, whether plastic or wood. The castle in which girls believe princesses, and wait in the tower for her prince.

do not know if any women ever lived in the Crac or if it was only the cross, but there is a tower called "Tower of the King's daughter." Husban I do not mind waking up in the morning here and have a view as you see then on the other side of my window.

already said Lawrence of Arabia, this is probably "the crusader castle in the world more beautiful."

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