Crusader Church of Caesarea Maritima

Three-apsed Romanesque church built in twelfth-century Crusader Caesarea. Louis IX of France, who spent four years in the Holy Land after his defeat in Egypt, heavily refortified the town's walls in 1251–1252. In 1265 the town and church fell to the Mamluk sultan Baibars, who razed the city so thoroughly — tearing down its harbour, walls and churches — that no Frankish re-occupation would ever be possible. The church's apsidal foundations, partly excavated, still stand within the Israeli national park.

Coordinates: 32.5015°, 34.8928°

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