Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers 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.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Crusader castle near Homs, Syria
  • Also known as: “Castle Alhsn”, “Crac de l’Ospital”, “Crac des Chevaliers”, and “Krac des Chevaliers, Husn el Akrad, Husn el Akrād, Kalaat Hosson el Akrad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St George Monastery.

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 Krak des Chevaliers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Hawash and Al-Mishtaya.

Village
Photo: Micheloo, Public domain.
is a Greek Orthodox Christians town in northwestern , administratively belonging to the . Nearby towns include al-Husn and to the west, Shin to the east and to the southwest.

Village
is a village in northwestern , administratively part of the , located west of and north of the border with .

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. is situated 3½ km north of Krak des Chevaliers.

Krak des Chevaliers

Latitude
34.757° or 34° 45′ 25″ north
Longitude
36.2947° or 36° 17′ 41″ east
Elevation
661 metres (2,169 feet)
Height
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8G6RQ74V+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 226877188
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10297545
Wiki­data ID
Q177549
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Krak des Chevaliers” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kalaja e Kalorësit”
  • Albanian: “Kalaja e Kalorësve”
  • Arabic: “حصن الأكراد”
  • Arabic: “حصن الفرسان”
  • Arabic: “قلعة الحصن”
  • Arabic: “قلعه الحصن”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Հուսն ամրոց”
  • Armenian: “Ասպետներու ամրոց (Հոմս)”
  • Armenian: “Կրակ դե-Շեվալե ամրոց”
  • Asturian: “Crac de los Caballeros”
  • Azerbaijani: “Krak de Şevalye”
  • Bashkir: “Крак-де-Шевалье”
  • Basque: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Basque: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Basque: “Zaldunen Krak”
  • Belarusian: “Крак дэ Шэвалье”
  • Belarusian: “Крак-дэ-Шэвалье”
  • Bulgarian: “Крак де Шевалие”
  • Catalan: “Crac dels Cavallers”
  • Catalan: “Hisn al-Akrad”
  • Catalan: “Krak dels Cavallers”
  • Cebuano: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەڵای کوردان”
  • Chinese: “騎士堡”
  • Chinese: “骑士堡”
  • Croatian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Czech: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Czech: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Dagbani: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Danish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Dutch: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Esperanto: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Fanti: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Farefare: “Krak Des Chevaliers”
  • Finnish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • French: “Crac des chevaliers”
  • French: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • French: “Hosn-el-Akrad”
  • French: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Galician: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Galician: “Krak dos Cabaleiros”
  • Georgian: “კრაკ-დე-შევალიე”
  • German: “Crac De L’Hospital”
  • German: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • German: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • German: “Qal‘At Al-Ḥuṣn”
  • Greek: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Greek: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Greek: “Κρακ των Ιπποτών”
  • Hebrew: “קראק דה שבליה”
  • Hebrew: “קראק דה שבלייה”
  • Hebrew: “קרק דה שבלייה”
  • Hungarian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Indonesian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Irish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Italian: “Krak dei Cavalieri”
  • Japanese: “クラク・デ・シュバリエ”
  • Japanese: “クラック・デ・シュヴァリエ”
  • Japanese: “クラック・デ・シュヴァリエとカル-エッサラー・エル‐ディン”
  • Kazakh: “Krak de Şevalʹye”
  • Kazakh: “Крак де Шевалье”
  • Kazakh: “كراك دە شەۆاليە”
  • Korean: “크라크 데 슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크락 데 슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크락 드 슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크락데슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크락드슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크랙데슈발리에”
  • Korean: “크랙드슈발리에”
  • Kurdish: “Keleha Kurdan”
  • Latin: “Cratum”
  • Latvian: “Krakdeševaljē”
  • Lithuanian: “Krak de Ševaljė”
  • Macedonian: “Крак де Шевалие”
  • Macedonian: “Крак де Шевалиј”
  • Maithili: “क्रक देस महल”
  • Malay: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Maltese: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Maltese: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Mossi: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Nepali: “क्रक देस महल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Norwegian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Krak deus Cavalièrs”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Krak deus Chivalièrs”
  • Persian: “حصن‌الاکراد”
  • Persian: “دژ کردان”
  • Persian: “قلعه الحصن”
  • Piemontese: “Krak dij Sivalié”
  • Polish: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Polish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza dos Cavaleiros”
  • Portuguese: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Portuguese: “Krak dos Cavaleiros”
  • Romanian: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Russian: “Замок курдов”
  • Russian: “Крак де Шевалье”
  • Russian: “Крак-де-Шевалье”
  • Russian: “Хас-эль-Акрад”
  • Serbian: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Serbian: “Krak de Ševalije”
  • Serbian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Serbian: “Крак де Шевалије”
  • Serbian: “Крак де Шеваље”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Slovak: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Slovak: “Hisn al-Akrád”
  • Slovak: “Husn al-Akrád”
  • Slovak: “Kal’a al-Fursán”
  • Slovak: “Kal’a al-Hisn”
  • Slovak: “Kal’a al-Husn”
  • Slovak: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Slovenian: “Crac de Chevaliers”
  • Slovenian: “Hisn al Akraad”
  • Slovenian: “Hisn al Akrad”
  • Slovenian: “Hisn al-Akraad”
  • Slovenian: “Hisn al-Akrad”
  • Slovenian: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Slovenian: “Qalaat al Hosn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalaat al Husn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalaat al-Hosn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalaat al-Husn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalat al Hosn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalat al Husn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalat al-Hosn”
  • Slovenian: “Qalat al-Husn”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de los Kurdos”
  • Spanish: “castillo del Crac”
  • Spanish: “Castillo del Krak”
  • Spanish: “Crac de los Caballeros”
  • Spanish: “Crac del Hospital”
  • Spanish: “el Crac”
  • Spanish: “el Krak de los Caballeros”
  • Spanish: “Krak de los Caballeros”
  • Spanish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Swahili: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Swedish: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Swedish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Thai: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Thai: “ก็อลอะฮ์อัลฮุศน์”
  • Thai: “ก็อลอะฮ์ฮัลฮิศน์”
  • Thai: “ครักเดเชอวาลีเย”
  • Turkish: “Crac des Chevaliers”
  • Turkish: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Turkish: “Şövalyeler Kalesi”
  • Twi: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Ukrainian: “Крак де Шевальє”
  • Vietnamese: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Welsh: “Krak des Chevaliers”
  • Western Armenian: “Ասպետներու ամրոց”
  • Wu Chinese: “骑士堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “騎士堡”

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