Krak des Chevaliers

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Krak des Chevaliers is a famed medieval Crusader castle in present-day Syria, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most impressive examples of military fortification architecture.

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Generate an image of Krak des Chevaliers (Krak des Chevaliers is a famed medieval Crusader castle in present-day Syria, renowned as one of the best-preserved and most impressive examples of military fortification architecture.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader castle ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalFeature chapel ⓘ
cisterns ⓘ
concentric fortification ⓘ
hall ⓘ
inner ward ⓘ
keep ⓘ
massive curtain walls ⓘ
moat ⓘ
outer ward ⓘ
stables ⓘ
towers ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval military architecture ⓘ
builtInPeriod 11th century ⓘ
capturedBy Mamluk Sultan Baibars ⓘ
linked to: Baibars
captureYear 1271 ⓘ
controlledBy County of Tripoli ⓘ
Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
damagedDuring Syrian civil war ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Civil War
garrisonCapacity around 2,000 soldiers ⓘ
hasArabicName Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn ⓘ
hasNameVariant Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers

Krak de l’Hospital ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 2006 ⓘ
knownFor impressive military architecture ⓘ
role in Crusader states defense ⓘ
state of preservation ⓘ
laterGrantedTo Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
locatedIn Homs Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Homs

Syria ⓘ
locatedNear border between Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
village of al-Husn ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originallyBuiltBy Emir of Homs ⓘ
overlooks Homs Gap ⓘ
linked to: Homs

route between Antioch and Beirut ⓘ
partOf World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
rebuiltInPeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
situatedOn hilltop ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1229 ⓘ
usedDuring Crusades ⓘ

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

Knights Hospitaller → militaryBase → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak des Chevaliers → partOf → World Heritage Site "Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din" ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers → hasNameVariant → Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Akko → notableStructure → Hospitaller Fortress ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Crusader architecture → hasNotableExample → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums → protects → Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Emir of Homs → placeOfActivity → Krak des Chevaliers region ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Emir of Homs → associatedWith → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak de l’Hospital → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Krak de l’Hospital → alsoKnownAs → Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn → alsoKnownAs → Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Homs Governorate → contains → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Homs Governorate → hasHistoricSite → Krak des Chevaliers fortress ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Hisn al-Akrad → alsoKnownAs → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
Hisn al-Akrad → alsoKnownAs → Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din → hasPart → Crac des Chevaliers ⓘ
linked to: Krak des Chevaliers
al-Husn → knownFor → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ
al-Husn → hasLandmark → Krak des Chevaliers ⓘ