Limestone Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, ca. 1220–30

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Limestone Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, ca. 1220–30, German, Limestone, Overall: 20 x 33 in. ( x cm), Sculpture-Architectural, During the 1100s and 1200s, fortified settlements were built in the Holy Land by knights from western Europe trying to establish a Christian kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital. Founded by French Crusaders in the 1100s, Castle Montfort was purchased in the 1220s by the Teutonic Knights, German Crusaders who rebuilt it and renamed it Starkenberg

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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