Krak des Chevaliers: The Engineering That Turned Fear into Stone

قلعة الحصن: الهندسة التي حوّلت الخوف إلى حجر

By Architect Imad Darouich

The story of Krak des Chevaliers near Homs, from its Kurdish origins in the eleventh century and the Knights Hospitaller to the Mamluk conquest under Baybars in 1271 and its UNESCO listing in 2006. Ten chapters read its towers, storehouses, great hall and stonework as an architecture of siege.

Format

PDF ebook

Languages

Arabic and English

Collection

Buildings & Cities