Away from the junction by 21 km wide and 60 km from Homs, known as the Kurds Fortress (3), where he stayed one of the princes of Homs its facilities to monitor the road between the coast and the interior. Given the importance of its strategic location was occupied by the Crusaders in 1109 AD and modified in construction and Usaoha to serve military purposes. Since then, the Europeans have known the name of Crac des chevaliers is Krak des Chevaliers full model fortified military fortresses. And has taken the form of an irregular polygon along the large diameter of 200 m and 140 m small. An area of 3 H has not completed construction of the castle at once, and was the first to set up the sons of Boumerdes 1031 m Kurds and Osknoha to protect the road, but it carried the name Fort Kurds. And occupied by the Crusaders in 1109 Voaado building towers and restored after the 1157 earthquake and the earthquake in 1170. Besieged by Nur al-Din, Saladin, and then liberated by King Zahir Baybars 1271, and was allowed to leave the country Franks. He then ordered the renewal of the castle and built a tower, then Qalawoon tower created rectangle, and since 1927 the castle was evacuated from the neighboring village residents have become tourist site after it has been restored.
It consists of Hsnin: Trreis.kom
Internal fort: Castle is a stand-alone surrounded by a moat is separated from the outer wall, and a major gateway relate to the outer door of the castle by a long corridor descended gradually until the door is composed defensive turn in the middle. For this fort three open doors to the trench, and the advantage of the high towers. It consists of two floors. Ground featuring courtyard surrounded by the cellars and wards hall meetings, church, restaurant and cabins and contemporary. The upper features a convertible roofs and towers and dormitories. The moat surrounding Vmhfor in the rock, highlighted by canals to carry rainwater.
Outside the fort: Is the outer wall of the castle, a fortress of a stand-alone, consisting of several floors. The halls, stables, warehouses and
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