List of Crusader castles

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.

Crusader states

Geographic location on today's map

Kingdom of Cyprus: Island of Cyprus (north and south)
County of Edessa: south-east Turkey
Principality of Antioch: north-west Syria, southern Turkey
County of Tripoli: northern Lebanon, north-west Syria
Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Lordship of Sidon: central Lebanon
- Principality of Galilee: northern Israel, southern Lebanon, southwest Syria
- County of Jaffa and Ascalon: southern Israel, eastern Egypt
- Lordship of Oultrejordain: south-west Jordan

Crusader castles by modern states

Cyprus

Egypt

Ile de Graye – doubtful

Israel

Acre (Akko) – fortified city
Arsuf, also known as Arsur or Apollonia – fortified city and citadel, stronghold of the Lordship of Arsuf; national park
Ashkelon – fortified city
Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz Tzova
Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park
Banias – fortified town
Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National Park
Bet Shean – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Bethsan. Second castle on the tell.
Beth Gibelin – castle ruins next to ancient town, stronghold of the Lordship of Beth Gibelin; national park
Caesarea (Maritima), stronghold of the Lordship of Caesarea – fortified port city; national park
Cafarlet (Hebrew: HaBonim, Arabic: Kafr Lam) – ruins of Umayyad fort reused by the Crusaders
Casal des Plains – ruins of Crusader tower; inside town
Casal Imbert – at Akhziv (former az-Zib) – Crusader "new town" with tower; nothing discernible at present
Castellum Regis; inside village of Mi'ilya
Chastellet, castle ruin by Jacob's Ford: see Battle of Jacob's Ford; also known as Vadum Iacob, le Chastelez, Ateret, Qasr al-'Atra
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Castle Pilgrim; off-reach military base
Cisterna Rubea
Chastel Béroard – the Umayyad fort of Minat al-Qal'a at Ashdod-Sea, reused by the Crusaders
Ibelin, near Yavne
Jaffa, fortifide port town
Le Destroit, near Atlit
Mirabel, in Hebrew: Migdal Tsedek, stronghold of the Lordship of Mirabel
Montfort; inside national park
Ramla, stronghold of the Lordship of Ramla
Safed
Tiberias – fortified Crusader city immediately north of abandoned city established in Roman times; on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
Tour Rouge or Turris Rubea at Burgata – Arabic: Burj al-Ahmar, Hebrew: Hurvat Burgata
Toron des Chevaliers, at Latrun
Tower of David – the citadel of Jerusalem
Tzippori – Sepphoris (Latin), Saffuriya (Arabic): tower; national park
Yehiam Fortress – Crusader name: Judin Castle; national park

Discarded proposals

Nimrod Fortress, Arabic names Qal'at Nimrud and Qal'at as-Subayba; Ayyubid castle expanded by Baibars, built to protect the road to Damascus from Crusaders and Muslim rivals; wrongly believed to be a Crusader castle; now a national park

Jordan

Amman, on Citadel Hill
Kerak Castle^[2]
Montreal
Tafilah ^[3]
Al-Habis at Petra
Vaux Moise (Wu'ayra in Arabic) near Petra

Doubtful proposals

Aqaba – doubtful, no traces found; castle on Ile de Graye might have been meant instead
Diban Castle 31°30′7″N 35°46′36″E / 31.50194°N 35.77667°E / 31.50194; 35.77667^{[dubious – discuss]}
Hisban Crusader Castle^{[dubious – discuss]}

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.^[4]