This is a list of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East , founded or occupied during the Crusades . For crusader castles in Poland and the Baltic states , see Ordensburg .
Sidon's Sea Castle built by the crusaders as a fortress of the Holy Land in Sidon , Lebanon . Krak des Chevaliers was built during the 12th and 13th centuries by the Knights Hospitaller with later additions by Mamluks. It is a World Heritage Site .[1]
Cyprus
Kyrenia Castle The remains of Belvoir Castle Monfort castle Acre (Akko) – fortified cityAqua Bella, now Ein Hemed – Crusader fortified farm; national park
Arsuf , also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf ; national park Ashkelon – fortified cityBelinas – Banias ; fortified town
Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz Tzova Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national parkBelvoir Castle ; Kochav HaYarden National ParkBet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan . Second castle on the tell .Beth Gibelin at Eleutheropolis – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin ; national park
Beit Itab Bethaatap, Arabic: Bayt 'Itab – fortified manor (maison forte )
Blanchegarde at Tell es-Safi – castle, seat of a lordship at biblical tell
Caco or Cacho Castle, Qaqun ; rebuilt by Baybars; national park
Caesarea (Maritima) , stronghold of the Lordship of Caesarea – fortified port city; national parkCafarlet (Hebrew: HaBonim, Arabic: Kafr Lam) – ruins of Umayyad fort reused by the CrusadersCalansue , Hospitaller castleCasal Imbert – at Achziv (formerly Az-Zeeb until 1948) – Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
Casel des Plains – Azor ; ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
Castellum Beleismum – tower on biblical Tel Dothan
Castellum Beroart – the Minat al-Qal'a Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders; at Ashdod
Castellum Regis; castle, now inside village of Mi'ilya
Caymont at Tel Yokneam , seat of lordship
Chastel Hernaut or Arnoul, Latin: Castellum Arnaldi – castle at Yalu [2]
Chastel Neuf or Castellum Novum outside Margaliot , castle, rebuilt in Ottoman time (Qal'at Hunin)Chastelet , castle ruin by Jacob's Ford : see Battle of Jacob's Ford ; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'AtraCastellum Rogerii Langobardi – castle at Umm Khalid /Netaniya [2]
Château Pèlerin , also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military baseCitadel of Safed , fortress from the Second Temple/Roman period, major administrative center.Destroit, Le , near Atlit Forbelet Castle at Taibe, Galilee ; battle site near the Hospitaller castle
Givat Titora , castle ruinsIbelin , near Yavne Jaffa , fortified port townJudin Castle at Khirbat Jiddin or Yehiam Fortress – Crusader castle, rebuilt in the 18th century; national park
Latrun , castle ruinsKastel , on a hilltop next to Mevasseret, by the main Jerusalem Tel Aviv roadMerle - fortified enclosure, Arabic name: Burj al-Habis and Qal'at al-Tantura,[2] Dor /Tantura
Mirabel , in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel Montfort ; inside national parkQula , Crusader tower and a vaulted structureRamla , stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla Saforie, le or Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
Tel Hanaton – fortified farmTiberias – fortified Crusader city immediately north of abandoned city established in Roman times; on the shore of the Sea of Galilee Toron des Chevaliers, at Latrun
Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
Tower of David – the citadel of JerusalemTurris Salinarum at Tel Taninim – Crusader tower, the only remains of the castle Jordan
Montreal (Shaubak) Kerak Discarded proposals
Jarash : the Temple of Artemis was reused as a castle by the Damascenes and destroyed by Baldwin II of Jerusalem, was therefore not used by the Crusaders.Israel - Palestinian autonomy
Turkey
The ruins of Bagras Castle, viewed from the southeast The ruins of Amouda Castle
Pringle, Denys (1997). Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An Archaeological Gazetteer . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521460101 
