Syria Arab Republic. Krak des Chevaliers. Crusader castle, under control of Knights Hospitaller (1142-1271) during the Crusades to the Holy Land, fell into Arab control in the 13th century. View of the bridge-shaped aqueduct that supplied water to the cistern. Photo taken before the Syrian Civil War.

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