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            Krak des Chevaliers is a Crusader castle and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world.

The original castle was given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller, who rebuilt it in the 1140s. 

Krak des Chevaliers acted as a centre of administration as well as a military base. A second phase of building was undertaken in the 13th century, creating the outer wall and gaving the castle its current appearance. 

 At its peak, Krak des Chevaliers housed a garrison of around 2,000. Such a large garrison allowed the Hospitallers to extract tribute from a wide area. From the 1250s the fortunes of the Knights Hospitaller took a turn for the worse and in 1271 Krak des Chevaliers was captured by the Mamluk Sultan Baibars after a siege lasting 36 days, and then purportedly only by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the Knights to surrender.

The castle was reported to have been damaged in July 2013 by an airstrike during the Siege of Homs, and once more on the 18th of August 2013 it was clearly damaged yet the amount of destruction is unknown.

Taken on: December 5, 2013

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