Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:
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ID_Number:
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WBD_01706
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Creator name:
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unknown
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Title:
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Krak des Chevaliers
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Title:
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Castle of the Knights
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View description:
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View of taluses
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Date:
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1031 - 1271
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Date type:
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Creation
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Date notes:
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Originally constructed 1031, rebuilt 1142 - 1271
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Location:
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Hims, Syria
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Location type:
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site
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Repository name:
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Krak des Chevaliers (Qalʻat al-Ḥiṣn, Syria)
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Repository name variant:
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Castle of the Knights
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Repository location:
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Qalʻat al-Ḥiṣn, Syria
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Style_Period:
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11th century
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Style_Period name variant:
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eleventh century (dates CE)
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Style_Period:
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13th Century
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Style_Period name variant:
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thirteenth century
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Style_Period:
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Medieval (European)
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Style_Period name variant:
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Middle Ages
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Subject:
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castles (fortifications)
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Subject:
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Crusades
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Subject:
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limestone
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Subject:
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Military architecture
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Subject:
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talus slopes
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Subject:
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exterior views
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Subject:
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fortifications
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Subject:
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stonework
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Subject:
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towers (building divisions)
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Culture:
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European
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Category:
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Architecture and City Planning
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Work_type:
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castle (fortification)
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Material_Technique:
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Limestone
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Copy_Source:
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digital image
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Image_Source:
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Walter Denny disk
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Rights Reproduction & Access:
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For educational use only
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Filename:
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WBD_01706.tif
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