List of Crusader castles

This is a list of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the Crusades. For crusader castles in Poland and the Baltic states, see Ordensburg.

Sidon's Sea Castle built by the crusaders as a fortress of the holy land in Sidon, Lebanon.
Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a World Heritage Site.[1]

Crusader states
Main article: Crusader states

Geographic location on today's map

Crusader castles by modern states

Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle

Egypt

Greece

Israel
The remains of Belvoir Castle
Monfort castle
  • Acre (Akko) – fortified city
  • Aqua Bella, now Ein Hemed – Crusader fortified farm; national park
  • Arsuf, also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; national park
  • Ashkelon – fortified city
  • Belinas – Banias; fortified town
  • Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz Tzova
  • Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
  • Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National Park
  • Bet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan. Second castle on the tell.
  • Beth Gibelin at Eleutheropolis – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin; national park
  • Beit Itab
  • Bethaatap, Arabic: Bayt 'Itab – fortified manor (maison forte)
  • Blanchegarde at Tell es-Safi – castle, seat of a lordship at biblical tell
  • Caco or Cacho Castle, Qaqun; rebuilt by Baybars; national park
  • Caesarea (Maritima), stronghold of the Lordship of Caesarea – fortified port city; national park
  • Cafarlet (Hebrew: HaBonim, Arabic: Kafr Lam) – ruins of Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders
  • Calansue, Hospitaller castle
  • Casal Imbert – at Achziv (formerly Az-Zeeb until 1948) – Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
  • Casel des Plains – Azor; ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
  • Castellum Beleismum – tower on biblical Tel Dothan
  • Castellum Beroart – the Minat al-Qal'a Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders; at Ashdod
  • Castellum Regis; castle, now inside village of Mi'ilya
  • Caymont at Tel Yokneam, seat of lordship
  • Chastel Hernaut or Arnoul, Latin: Castellum Arnaldi – castle at Yalu[2][3]
  • Chastel Neuf or Castellum Novum outside Margaliot, castle, rebuilt in Ottoman time (Qal'at Hunin)
  • Chastelet, castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
  • Castellum Rogerii Langobardi – castle at Umm Khalid/Netaniya[2]
  • Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
  • Citadel of Safed, fortress from the Second Temple/Roman period, major administrative center.
  • Destroit, Le, near Atlit
  • Forbelet Castle at Taibe, Galilee; battle site near the Hospitaller castle
  • Givat Titora, castle ruins
  • Ibelin, near Yavne
  • Jaffa, fortified port town
  • Judin Castle at Khirbat Jiddin or Yehiam Fortress – Crusader castle, rebuilt in the 18th century; national park
  • Latrun, castle ruins
  • Kastel, on a hilltop next to Mevasseret, by the main Jerusalem Tel Aviv road
  • Merle - fortified enclosure, Arabic name: Burj al-Habis and Qal'at al-Tantura,[2] at Dor/Tantura
  • Mirabel, in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
  • Montfort; inside national park
  • Qula, Crusader tower and a vaulted structure
  • Ramla, stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
  • Safed, large castle on the tallest hill, rebuilt by Baybars
  • Saforie, le or Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
  • Tel Hanaton – fortified farm
  • Tiberias – fortified Crusader city immediately north of abandoned city established in Roman times; on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
  • Toron des Chevaliers, at Latrun
  • Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
  • Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
  • Turris Salinarum at Tel Taninim – Crusader tower, the only remains of the castle

Jordan
Montreal (Shaubak)
Kerak

Doubtful proposals
  • Aqaba – doubtful, no traces found; castle on Ile de Graye might have been meant instead
  • Diban Castle 31°30′7″N 35°46′36″E
  • Hisban Crusader Castle

Discarded proposals
  • Jarash: the Temple of Artemis was reused as a castle by the Damascenes and destroyed by Baldwin II of Jerusalem, was therefore not used by the Crusaders.[7]

Lebanon
Crusader castle in the village of Toron, Lebanon

Palestine
  • Castrum Sancti Helie (Castle of St. Elias) - castle ruins at Taybeh
  • Cisterna Rubea or Maldoim, Templar castle

Syria
The remains of Margat

Discarded proposals
  • Qasr Bardawil, wrongly identified for a while as the Castle of al-Al

Turkey
The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast
The ruins of Amouda Castle

See also
  • List of castles
  • List of castles in Jordan
  • Ordensburg

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crusader castles.
  1. Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din, UNESCO, retrieved 2010-11-08
  2. Ellenblum, Ronnie (2007). Crusader Castles and Modern Histories. Cambridge University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9781139462556. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. Pringle 1997, p. 107.
  4. Husseini, Rana (December 18, 2016). "Death toll in Karak attacks rises to 14, including four terrorists". Jordan Times. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. Pringle 1997, p. 98.
  6. Pringle 1997, p. 105.
  7. Pringle 1997, p. 2.
  8. Belhacem
  9. "Qalaat Areimeh | Monuments of Syria أوابد سورية". monumentsofsyria.com.
  10. "Burj al-Sabi".
  11. "Castles.nl - Cursat Castle". www.castles.nl.
  12. Ravanda Castle
  13. Trapesac castle
  14. Tumlu

Bibliography
  • Pringle, Denys (1997). Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An Archaeological Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521460101.
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