Links
A – Academic Institutions
SSCLE
(Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East)
Cardiff Centre for the Crusades
IFPO
(Institut français du Proche-Orient): Castellologie
De
Re Militari (Society for Medieval Military History)
B – Journals
Crusades (Aldershot 2002ff.)
C – Fortifications: General
Châteaux
du Proche-Orient (Internet portal – J. Mesqui)
Forteresses
d’Orient (Internet portal – M. Goepp)
Châteaux de l’Orient latin
(Documentation
– Templiers.net)
Châteaux
du temps des Croisades en Syrie
(Photo album of Louis de Clercq 1859 – Musée d’Orsay)
Châteaux et fortifications des croisés en
Terre Sainte (Essay – Heers 1995)
Levantine Castles (Photo gallery
1930s – al-Mashriq)
Syria - Crusader Castles
(Photo gallery – B. McMorrow)
Syria, Turkey - Castles Photos
(Photo gallery – D. Osseman)
Castles
in Syria
(Photogallery – Castles.nl)
Castles
in Turkey
(Photogallery – Castles.nl)
Greek Castles (Photo gallery –
Castles on the web)
Forteresses ismaéliennes en Syrie
(Blog entry – P. Paolo)
Wehrbauten
in Asien (Inventory of castles – Burgenwelt.de)
Die mittelalterlichen Burgen in Syrien
(Documentation – Mewes 2007)
Die mittelalterlichen Burgen Zyperns
(Documentation – Mewes 2011)
Palestinian sites of Middle Islamic/Crusader
periods (Database – PADIS)
D – Fortifications: Individual Sites
‘Ajlūn (Jordan): Castle (Qal‘at al-Rabaḍ)
(Documentation – Qantara)
Aleppo (Syria): Citadel
(Documentation – Qantara)
Anazarbos / Anavarza (Turkey): Citadel
(Photo gallery – Rensselaer Digital Collections)
Apamea / Qal‘at al-Muḍīq (Syria): Citadel
(Article – Dangles 2004)
Arsūf / Arsur (Israel): Town walls and
citadel
(Project site – Tel Aviv University: Apollonia-Arsuf
Archaeological Project)
Arsūf / Arsur (Israel): Town walls and
citadel
(Project site – Brown University: Apollonia-Arsuf
Archaeological Project)
Ascalon / ‘Asqalān (Israel): Town walls
(Blog
entry)
‘Athlīt / Chastel Pèlerin (Israel): Castle
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Baalbek (Lebanon): Citadel
(Documentation – Qantara)
Bānyās / Belinas (Israel): Town walls
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Belvoir / Kaukab (Israel): Castle
(Early
20th
century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Belvoir / Kaukab (Israel): Castle
(Blog
entry)
Belvoir / Kaukab (Israel): Castle
(Project site - Château de Belvoir/Kokhav ha-Yarden)
Belvoir / Kaukab (Israel): Castle
(Facebook site - Mission archéologique de Belvoir)
Birecik / al-Bīra (Turkey): Citadel
(Early
20th century
photographs – Creswell Archive)
Birecik / al-Bīra (Turkey): Citadel
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Birecik / al-Bīra (Turkey): Town walls
(Early
20th century
photographs – Creswell Archive)
Birecik / al-Bīra (Turkey): Town walls
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Blanchegarde / Tall
aṣ-Ṣāfi (Israel): Castle (Blog entry – Tell es-Safi/Gath
Excavations Weblog)
Burzaih (Syria): Castle (Report of
2001 mission – Dangles et al. 2003)
Caesarea Maritima (Israel): Crusader
fortification
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell
Archive)
Caesarea Maritima (Israel): Crusader
fortification
(Excavation reports – Mesqui 2007-2010)
Cairo / al-Qāhira (Egypt): Ayyubid city wall
(Documentation on restoration – AKTC 2001)
Cairo / al-Qāhira (Egypt): Ayyubid city wall
(Photo gallery – AKTC 2001-2009)
Cairo / al-Qāhira
(Egypt): Ayyubid city wall (Multimedia documentation Bab
al-Barqiyya – AKTC 2006)
Cairo / al-Qāhira (Egypt): City wall
(Documentation – IFAO)
Cairo / al-Qāhira (Egypt): Citadel
(Documentation – Jimmy Dunn)
Clermont / Chlemoútsi (Greece): Castle
(Documentation – Qantara)
Damascus / Dimashq (Syria): City wall
(Documentation – J.-M. Mouton)
Damascus /
Dimashq (Syria): City wall (Documentation –
Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Damascus / Dimashq (Syria): Citadel
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Edessa / Urfa (Turkey): Citadel
(Early
20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Gaziantep / ‘Ainṭāb (Turkey): Citadel
(Official site)
Gaziantep / ‘Ainṭāb (Turkey): Citadel
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Ḥārim / Harenc (Syria): Citadel
(Documentation on archaeological project 1999-2000 – University of
Venice)
Ḥarrān / Eski Harran (Turkey): Citadel
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Hūnīn / Chastel Neuf (Israel): Castle
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Hromklay / Rumkale (Turkey): Castle
(Photo gallery – F. Utkun)
Jerusalem: Citadel
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Jerusalem: City wall
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Judin / Qal‘at Jiddīn (Israel): Castle
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Karak / Krak de Moab (Jordan): Citadel
(Documentation – Qantara)
Krak des Chevaliers / Qal‘at al-Ḥiṣn
(Syria):
Castle
(Virtual reconstruction ca. 1170/ca. 1270 – Deutsche Burgenvereinigung)
Krak des Chevaliers / Qal‘at al-Ḥiṣn
(Syria):
Castle
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Krak des Chevaliers /
Qal‘at al-Ḥiṣn
(Syria):
Castle
(Photo gallery – Mike Bishop/The Armatura Press)
La Fève / al-Fūla
(Israel): Castle (Documentation ‒ Merchavyard.org)
Maṣyāf (Syria): Citadel
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Montfort / Qal‘at
al-Qur‘ayn (Israel): Castle
(Project site – Montfort Castle Project)
Montfort / Qal‘at al-Qur‘ayn (Israel): Castle
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Muṣaylḥa / Puy du Connétable (Lebanon):
Castle (Documentation – Qantara)
Rāwandān / Ravendel / Ravanda: Castle
(Documentation – Kilis Museum)
Ṣafad / Saphet (Israel): Castle
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Ṣahyūn / Saône (Syria): Castle
(Article on history – Michaudel 2002)
Ṣahyūn / Saône (Syria): Castle
(Report of 2002 mission – Mesqui 2004)
Ṣahyūn / Saône (Syria): Castle
(Documentation on excavations 2007-2009 – IFPO)
Ṣahyūn / Saône (Syria): Castle
(Photo gallery – Mike Bishop/The Armatura Press)
Saint Hilarion (Cyprus): Castle
(Documentation
– Byzantine Military Blog)
Seleucia / Seleph / Silifke (Turkey): Citadel
(Photo gallery – Rensselaer Digital
Collections)
Shawbak / Montréal
(Jordan): Castle
(Project site – Shawbak Project. Archaeology of a Mediterranean
Frontier)
Shawbak / Montréal (Jordan): Castle
(Documentation – Qantara)
Shayzar (Syria): Citadel
(Project site – Progetto Shayzar)
Sidon / Ṣaidā (Lebanon): Sea Castle
(Early 20th century photographs – Creswell Archive)
Sis / Kozan (Turkey):
Citadel
(Photo gallery – Rensselaer Digital Collections)
Sis / Kozan (Turkey):
Citadel
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Ṣubayba (Israel): Castle (Qal‘at Nimrūd)
(Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Tall Ḥamdūn / Thil / Toprakkale (Turkey):
Castle
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Tiberias / Ṭabarīya
(Israel): Citadel (Documentation ‒ IAA)
Toron des Chevaliers / Lāṭrūn (Israel):
Castle (Photo gallery – Templariusze.org)
Tripoli / Ṭarābulus (Lebanon):
Citadel (Qal‘at Sanjīl)
(Documentation – Monummamluk-Syrie.org)
Vadum
Iacob / Qaṣr al-‘Atra (Israel): Castle (Project site – Vadum
Iacob Research Project)
Vahga / Feke Kalesi (Turkey): Castle
(Photo gallery – Rensselaer Digital Collections)
Yilan Kalesi (Turkey): Castle
(Photo gallery – Rensselaer Digital Collections)