Gibelacar (Akkar Castle)

Also known as Hisn Ibn Akkar, Qal'at 'Akkar, Akkar el-Atika

Spur castle on a 700-metre ridge between two ravines of the Nahr Akkar, guarding the Homs Gap road 27 km south of Krak des Chevaliers. Ceded by the Burids in 1109, held by the Puylaurens family, then assigned to the Hospitallers by King Amalric I after the 1170 earthquake. Captured by Nur ad-Din in 1167 and recovered; finally taken by Sultan Baibars on 11 May 1271, immediately after the fall of Krak des Chevaliers.

Coordinates: 34.5396°, 36.2051°

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