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Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur (قلعة يحمور, Castle of Yahmur) is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of Syria that belonged to the County of Tripoli.[1]

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  1. 22 relations: Areimeh, Bezant, Chastel Blanc, County of Tripoli, Crusades, Franks, Greco-Roman world, Hugh N. Kennedy, Knights Hospitaller, Krak des Chevaliers, Phoenicia, Pons, Count of Tripoli, Qalawun, Raymond III, Count of Tripoli, Safita, Saladin, Syria, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Tartus, Tartus Governorate, Tripoli, Lebanon, Yahmur.

  2. Archaeological sites in Tartus Governorate
  3. Buildings and structures in Tartus Governorate
  4. Castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller
  5. Castles in Syria

Areimeh

Areimeh (العريمة) is a Syrian village located in Tartus District, Tartus.

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Bezant

In the Middle Ages, the term bezant (besant, from Latin bizantius aureus) was used in Western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east, all derived ultimately from the nocat.

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Chastel Blanc

Chastel Blanc (برج صافيتا, Burj Safita or Safita Tower) is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. Chastel Rouge and Chastel Blanc are Buildings and structures in Tartus Governorate and castles in Syria.

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County of Tripoli

The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was one of the Crusader states.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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Franks

Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum;; Francs.) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.

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Greco-Roman world

The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.

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Hugh N. Kennedy

Hugh Nigel Kennedy (born 22 October 1947) is a British medievalist and academic.

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Knights Hospitaller

The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, is a Catholic military order.

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Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers (Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn,; Crac des Chevaliers or Crac de l'Ospital,; from karəḵā) is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. Chastel Rouge and Krak des Chevaliers are castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller, castles in Syria and Crusader castles.

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Phoenicia

Phoenicia, or Phœnicia, was an ancient Semitic thalassocratic civilization originating in the coastal strip of the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon.

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Pons, Count of Tripoli

Pons (1098 – 25 March 1137) was count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137.

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Qalawun

(قلاوون الصالحي, – November 10, 1290) was the seventh Turkic Bahri Mamluk Sultan of Egypt; he ruled from 1279 to 1290.

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Raymond III, Count of Tripoli

Raymond III (1140 – September/October 1187) was count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187.

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Safita

Safita (صَافِيتَا; 𐤎‬𐤐𐤕‬𐤄, Sōpūte) is a city in the Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located to the southeast of Tartous and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers.

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Saladin

Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tancred, Prince of Galilee

Tancred (1075 – December 5 or December 12, 1112) was an Italo-Norman leader of the First Crusade who later became Prince of Galilee and regent of the Principality of Antioch.

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Tartus

Tartus (طَرْطُوس / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa and also transliterated from French Tartous) is a major port city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. Chastel Rouge and Tartus are Archaeological sites in Tartus Governorate.

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Tartus Governorate

Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, (مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs) is one of the 14 governorates of Syria.

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Tripoli, Lebanon

Tripoli (طَرَابُلُس) is the largest and most important city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. Chastel Rouge and Tripoli, Lebanon are castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller.

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Yahmur

Yahmur (يحمور; also spelled Yahmour) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate.

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See also

Archaeological sites in Tartus Governorate

Buildings and structures in Tartus Governorate

Castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller

Castles in Syria

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chastel_Rouge

Also known as Castrum rubrum.