Jordan · 12th century
Kerak Castle (Arabic: قلعة الكرك, romanized: Qal'at al-Karak) is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles in the Levant. Construction began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it Crac des Moabites or "Karak in Moab", as it is referred to in history books. It was also colloquially referred to as Krak of the Desert.
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Kerak Castle ranks #430 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 23 mapped in Jordan. Founded 1142, it is older than 83% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 16,237 times in the last 60 days, more than 97% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Yatta, 65 km away. It is one of the 106 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. It is stop 7 of 7 on the Crusader castles of the Levant, the Syrian coast to southern Jordan. See how Jordan compares in the castle statistics.
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