Crak des Chevaliers

Photographer: Ozgur Can Leonard
From: The Syrian Hinterland

Crak des Chevaliers

Supposedly the most magnificent crusader castle ever, it was quite beautiful. Here's a view from one of its windows down to the village below. Its name in Arabic is Qa'lat al Hosn which sounds an awful lot like "huzun" in Turkish which means sorrow... must investigate.