Me enjoying the view from the top of Krak des Chevaliers overlooking the valley of Christians and the Passageway called the Homs Gap. On top of a 650-meter high hill overlooking the whole valley called the Homs gap, with its 8-10 meter thick impenetrable wall, it was truly never breached. It´s easy to understand why the castle is built at its location. me overlooking the valley of Christians in Syria
It was said that the one who could control the passageway would control central Syria. It was built during the First Crusade in the year 1031 to protect a strategic passageway in the Orontes River Valley. The old Crusader castle, Krak des Chevaliers which is located in the Homs province in Syria, is probably the most important and well preserved medieval castles in the whole world.
