Kerak Castle was built in the 11th century when the area was conquered during the crusades.
The crusaders built it very quickly with whatever materials were available, mostly bits of old castles that once stood on this site. So there are bits of Roman columns.
And carvings.
The doors are built so that you have to turn off of the bridge to enter, so that you can’t hit them with battering rams.
It has teeny tiny little peepholes just big enough for one person to stand in.
The ceiling above where the important people lived is very thick.
Here is one of the ovens or kitchens.
This was where the horses were kept with more roof holes to see what’s happening below.
Not much is left of the higher floors due to attacks and the earthquakes. Here you can see the nearby city in the distance.
Here is what’s left of the second and third floors.
Kerri could only be the king of the castle from the second floor, this was still higher than anyone else was at the time though.
