UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site serial heritage property

The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" comprises two of the most important and best-preserved medieval Crusader castles in Syria, renowned for their monumental military architecture and historical significance in the Crusades.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din	3
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" canonical	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Krak des Chevaliers	1
World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13405814 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"
Context triple: [Krak de l’Hospital, partOf, UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"]

A. UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient City of Aleppo" is a historic urban center in northern Syria renowned for its millennia-old architecture, bustling souks, and cultural significance, much of which has been severely damaged during recent conflicts.
B. UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Old City of Acre)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Old City of Acre) is a historically rich fortified port city in northern Israel, renowned for its well-preserved Crusader and Ottoman architecture and its continuous cultural significance over millennia.
C. Saladin Citadel
The Saladin Citadel is a historic medieval Islamic fortress in Cairo, Egypt, renowned for its strategic hilltop location, monumental mosques, and role as a seat of power for centuries.
D. UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City) of Bern is the well-preserved medieval core of Switzerland’s capital, renowned for its arcaded streets, sandstone buildings, and distinctive urban layout shaped by the River Aare.
E. Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site
The Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site is the historic core of Syria’s capital, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited urban centers with a rich legacy of Islamic, Roman, and Byzantine architecture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din"
Target entity description: The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" comprises two of the most important and best-preserved medieval Crusader castles in Syria, renowned for their monumental military architecture and historical significance in the Crusades.

A. UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient City of Aleppo)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient City of Aleppo" is a historic urban center in northern Syria renowned for its millennia-old architecture, bustling souks, and cultural significance, much of which has been severely damaged during recent conflicts.
B. UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Old City of Acre)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of the Old City of Acre) is a historically rich fortified port city in northern Israel, renowned for its well-preserved Crusader and Ottoman architecture and its continuous cultural significance over millennia.
C. Saladin Citadel
The Saladin Citadel is a historic medieval Islamic fortress in Cairo, Egypt, renowned for its strategic hilltop location, monumental mosques, and role as a seat of power for centuries.
D. UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site (Old City) of Bern is the well-preserved medieval core of Switzerland’s capital, renowned for its arcaded streets, sandstone buildings, and distinctive urban layout shaped by the River Aare.
E. Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site
The Ancient City of Damascus World Heritage Site is the historic core of Syria’s capital, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited urban centers with a rich legacy of Islamic, Roman, and Byzantine architecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ serial heritage property ⓘ
architecturalStyle	medieval military architecture ⓘ
associatedPeriod	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
associatedWith	Crusader states ⓘ Crusades ⓘ
authenticity	largely authentic in form and materials ⓘ
bufferZone	yes ⓘ
category	cultural ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
function	defensive strongholds ⓘ
hasPart	Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ linked to: Krak des Chevaliers Qal’at Salah El-Din ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageValue	testimony to cross-cultural exchanges during the Crusades ⓘ
inscribedOnDangerListYear	2013 ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2006 ⓘ
integrity	retains most of its original defensive structures ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant ⓘ linked to: Levant region Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ linked to: Syria western Syria ⓘ
locatedNear	Mediterranean coast of Syria ⓘ linked to: Syrian coast
locatedOn	mountainous ridge ⓘ
managementAuthority	Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums of Syria ⓘ linked to: Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums
notableFor	exceptional state of preservation of fortifications ⓘ representation of Crusader military presence in the Levant ⓘ
originalUse	military fortress ⓘ
period	Middle Ages ⓘ
protectionStatus	nationally protected site of Syria ⓘ
region	Arab States ⓘ linked to: Arab states
significance	one of the most important examples of Crusader castles ⓘ outstanding example of medieval military architecture ⓘ
stateParty	Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ linked to: Syria
threatenedBy	armed conflict in Syria ⓘ illegal excavations ⓘ looting ⓘ shelling and bombardment ⓘ
topography	hilltop fortifications ⓘ
tourism	major cultural tourism destination before Syrian conflict ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	criterion (ii) ⓘ criterion (iv) ⓘ criterion (v) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListID	1229 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krak de l’Hospital → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" ⓘ

Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → partOf → World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" ⓘ