Crac des Chevaliers
Also known as Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Arab States
Syria
Inscribed
2006
Outlook
In danger
In preparation
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Crac des Chevaliers is about 35 km east of Tartus. The nearest other World Heritage site is Rachid Karami Fair, Tripoli, about 55 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Tartus · about 163,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Homs · about 1,005,000 peopleabout 40 km east
- Ṭarābulus · about 530,000 peopleabout 55 km south-west
- Hamah · about 461,000 peopleabout 60 km north-east
- Ad Nabk · about 50,000 peopleabout 95 km south-east
- Latakia · about 539,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
LebanonCultural55 km away
LebanonCultural62 km away
LebanonCultural86 km away
LebanonCultural93 km away
LebanonCultural121 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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