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Ancient Architecture

ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE

Baroque Architecture

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

Castles

CASTLES

France

FRANCE

Interior

INTERIOR

Islamic Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Louvre

LOUVRE

Medieval Architecture

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

Modern Architecture

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Renaissance Architecture

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. A tower on a steep slope.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. Fortification tower on a steep slope above the valley.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. Remaining vaults of the castle.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. The Mamluk wing, built after the Arab conquest.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was buil...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. Fortress walls.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was buil...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. The crusader church.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The Siq, a narrow, 1,2 km long gorge hemmed in by 100 m-high cliffs, leads into the inner city of Petra.Entrance to the Siq.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Facades of uncertain use,perhaps rock-tombs,line the entrance way to Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Facades of uncertain use,perhaps tombs,line the entrance way to Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The "Kings' Wall", with supposed tombs of Nabataean royalty.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The "Kings' Wall", with supposed tombs of Nabataean royalty.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. Ed-Dir, Petra's largest monument, is on a plateau 800 steps above the city.From the 4th century onwards it was used as a monastery.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...