After easily finding our way out of Damascus we set off on yet another highway to the Crac (castle). This was one of the castles which the French king of Jerusalem made to protect Jerusalem. A Chevalier is a knight, so in English Crac Des Chevaliers is castle of the Knights. The crusader knights largely expanded the castle around the middle of the 12th century. When we arrived at the Crac we couldn't believe our eyes, it was almost complete. A huge castle with more than six towers standing high in a inner and an outer wall. The reason was that this castle was never truly breached, despite several attacks. they just gave it up. it was too difficult to defend it when it was surrounded by the armies of the Islam. They had supplies for 5 years, but after one month under siege the Crusaders agreed to depart in return for a safe conduct.
When we came in through the main entrance(which was a bridge) it was not easy to find our way, with underground tunnels and houses leading to more underground houses, stables and wells. Once on one of the towers, we had a fantastic view, according to mum and dad. After walking around the castle on its walls we went back down to explore the inner part of the castle.
Once in we saw broken remains of a church and even a mosque. When we had seen all the remains of a kitchen, a hall, a market place and a dining room we climbed up another tower where we sat down to eat a sandwich. The only negative point of this castle was that inside people were building a kind of theatre (which made a lot of noise).
When jumping back in the car we all thought that this was the best castle we had seen so far. Looking back at it once again we set off to reach Syria’s main sea port Lattakia.
When we came in through the main entrance(which was a bridge) it was not easy to find our way, with underground tunnels and houses leading to more underground houses, stables and wells. Once on one of the towers, we had a fantastic view, according to mum and dad. After walking around the castle on its walls we went back down to explore the inner part of the castle.
Once in we saw broken remains of a church and even a mosque. When we had seen all the remains of a kitchen, a hall, a market place and a dining room we climbed up another tower where we sat down to eat a sandwich. The only negative point of this castle was that inside people were building a kind of theatre (which made a lot of noise).
When jumping back in the car we all thought that this was the best castle we had seen so far. Looking back at it once again we set off to reach Syria’s main sea port Lattakia.
No comments:
Post a Comment