Castles of the Levant

Crac des Chevaliers

A: View taken from the North, to the right staircase passing above the exit of the rampand leading to the open court. In the background tower I, small court and tower J. To the right the reimforcements of the Galery; B: View taken from the open court to the South. Terrace to the left of the great hall and the galery; in the backgroundsummit of construction P; in the center reinforcemens of the galery, porch of the chapel, staircase leading to the platform of construction H and the chapel, Phot. Capitaine Lamblin and P. Deschamps

Les Châteaux des Croisés en Terre Sainte: Le Crac des Chevaliers, étude historique et archéologique précédée d'une introduction générale sur la Syrie Franque, vol. "Album", by Paul Deschamps, Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique, Tome XIX, Paris, Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1934. Plate XCI-AB

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