Coliath (Qalaat al-Qulay'at)

Also known as Colée, Qalaat al-Qulay'at, Chastel-Rouge

Square castrum with flanking towers and vaulted halls on a low knoll 2 km from the Akkar coast — architecturally a classic plain- country military-order fortress. Granted to the Knights Hospitaller by Count Pons of Tripoli in 1127. Dismantled by Saladin's brother al-Adil in 1207 and permanently ruined by Baibars in summer 1266 as a prelude to the strangulation of Tripoli. Today only fragmentary remains stand.

Coordinates: 34.4694°, 35.9800°

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