Krak
des Chevaliers. Our prime objective for our trip which we made from Damascus.
It is a well known medieval castle described by author Paul Theroux as
the epitome of the dream castle of childhood fantasies; of jousts
and armour and pennants. TE Lawrence simply called it :The
finest castle in the world.
This castle was built in 1031 AD. But the crusaderknights expanded it largely in the 12th century.
The
outside wall of the castle has 13 towers and the main entrance to the castle.
And
surprisingly, there is a castle within the castle.
Just
one of the very nice views you get at different places in the castle.
A
view from the top of the castle.
Just
another detail
One
of the nice staircases in the castle.
A
view from the top over the surroundings. You can clearly see the agricultural
adaptions to the terrain, which is used for olivetrees.