Crac des Chevaliers

Crac des Chevaliers is a locality in , and has about 356 residents. Crac des Chevaliers is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Krak des Chevaliers and Lady of the Valley Sculpture.

Photo: (Ergo), CC BY 2.0.
located near in is widely recognised as the archetypal Crusader castle. Described by T.E. Lawrence as "perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world", this somewhat isolated site is located magnificently and is, indeed, extremely well-preserved.

Work of art
Photo: أفرام, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lady of the Valley is a Marian shrine inaugurated on 16 August 2009, located in , Wadi al-Nasara in . The statue is built near the Lady of the Valley Church on top of Mount of the Pilgrim, which is dedicated to Saint George.

Church
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
Saint George Monastery or Deir Mar Georges is a historic Greek Orthodox monastery in the village of in the "Valley of the Christians", belonging to the in northwestern , the place located just a few kilometers north of the famous castle .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kafra and Marmarita.

Village
is a village in northern located west of in the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 909 in the 2004 census.

Village
Photo: Famaty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in northwestern , located west of Homs. is one of the largest villages in Wadi al-Nasara, a region north of .

Village
Al-Nasirah is a small Christian town in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of . Nearby localities include Habnamrah to the northwest, and Ayn al-Bardah to the west, Zweitina to the southwest, al-Husn to the south, al-Huwash and al-Mazinah to the southeast, Shin to the east, to the northeast, Hadeih and to the north.

Crac des Chevaliers

  • Type: Locality with 356 residents
  • Also known as: “Husn el Akrād”, “Kalaat Hosson el Akrad”, “Krak des Chevaliers”, “Qal`at al Hisn”, “Qal`at al Ḩişn”, “Qal`at al Ḩuşn”, “Qal`at el Hasn”, “Qal`at el Husn”, “Qalaat el Hosn”, and “Qalaat et Hosn”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude
34.78575° or 34° 47′ 9″ north
Longitude
36.27239° or 36° 16′ 21″ east
Population
356
Elevation
758 metres (2,487 feet)
Open location code
8G6RQ7PC+8X
Geo­Names ID
166230
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Crac des Chevaliers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة الحصن”
  • Danish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Dutch: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • French: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Galician: “Krak dos Cabaleiros”
  • German: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Hebrew: “קראק דה שבלייה”
  • Italian: “Krak dei Cavalieri”
  • Japanese: “クラック・デ・シュヴァリエ”
  • Persian: “دژ کردان”
  • Polish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Russian: “Крак-де-Шевалье”
  • Serbian: “Крак де Шевалије”
  • Slovenian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Spanish: “Krak de los Caballeros”
  • Swedish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Welsh: “Krak des Chevaliers”

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