Crusader sites in Syria and Lebanon — the County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch
North of the Kingdom of Jerusalem proper, the Crusader Latin East included two further great Frankish states: the County of Tripoli (founded 1102 by Raymond of Saint-Gilles) and the Principality of Antioch (founded 1098 by Bohemond of Taranto). Together with the County of Edessa further inland, they formed a long coastal arc from the Negev to the Taurus mountains.
The Phoenician coast was studded with great Crusader ports — Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, Jubail, Tortosa — each combining a fortified town with substantial citadel. Inland, in the mountains of the County of Tripoli, the Hospitaller Order built Krak des Chevaliers, the most famous castle of the Latin East and almost certainly the best-preserved Crusader castle anywhere. The Principality of Antioch held Saone (Sahyun), a vast clifftop stronghold cut from the natural rock, and the capital city of Antioch with its great walled citadel. After the fall of Acre in 1291, the last Templar outpost on the mainland was on the Syrian island of Ruad, holding out until 1302.
Sites covered (35)
- Arqa (Archas)Tower · Arqa, Akkar District, Lebanon
- BatrounWalled Town · Batroun, North Governorate, Lebanon
- Battle of Azaz (1125)Battle · Azaz, Aleppo Governorate, Syria
- Battle of Harim (1164)Battle · Harem, Idlib Governorate, Syria
- Battle of Inab (1149)Battle · Inab, Idlib Governorate, Syria
- Battle of Marj Ayyun (1179)Battle · Marjayoun, southern Lebanon
- Beaufort Castle (Lebanon)Castle · Arnoun, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
- Beirut CastleWalled Town · Beirut, Lebanon (demolished)
- Belhacem (Qalaat Abou El Hassan)Tower · Sfariyeh, Jezzine District, Lebanon
- Byblos Castle (Gibelet)Castle · Byblos (Jbail), Mount Lebanon Governorate
- Cathedral of Our Lady of TortosaChurch · Tartus, Syrian coast
- Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Tyre)Church · Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Tyre)
- Cave de Tyron (Fortress of Niha)Castle · Niha, Chouf District, Lebanon
- Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (Tripoli)Castle · Tripoli, North Governorate, Lebanon
- Citadel of TartusCastle · Tartus, Syrian coast
- Coliath (Qalaat al-Qulay'at)Tower · North Governorate, Lebanon
- Deir Kifa CastleCastle · Deir Kifa, Tyre District, Lebanon
- Doubiye CastleTower · Chaqra, Bint Jbeil District, Lebanon
- Fall of Krak des Chevaliers (1271)Siege · Krak des Chevaliers, Homs Gap, Syria
- Gibelacar (Akkar Castle)Castle · Akkar Governorate, Lebanon
- Hasbaya CastleWalled Town · Hasbaya, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
- Krak des ChevaliersCastle · Homs Governorate, Syria
- MargatCastle · Banias, Tartus Governorate, Syria
- Nephin (Anfeh)Castle · Anfeh, Koura District, Lebanon
- Our Lady of the Wind / Saydet el-Rih (Anfeh)Church · Our Lady of the Wind / Saydet el-Rih (Anfeh)
- Saint Louis Castle (Sidon)Walled Town · Sidon (Saida), South Governorate, Lebanon
- SaoneCastle · Latakia Governorate, Syria
- Scandelion Castle (Shamaa)Tower · Shamaa, Tyre District, Lebanon
- Sidon Sea CastleCastle · Sidon (Saida), South Governorate, Lebanon
- Siege of Sidon (1110)Siege · Sidon, Lebanon
- Siege of Tyre (1124)Siege · Tyre, Lebanon
- Smar Jbeil CastleCastle · Smar Jbeil, Batroun District, Lebanon
- St. John's Cathedral (Byblos)Church · St. John's Cathedral (Byblos)
- Toron (Tibnin)Castle · Tibnin, Bint Jbeil District, Lebanon
- TyreCapital · Sour (Tyre), South Governorate, Lebanon