{"id":9528,"date":"2025-04-03T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conmochila.com\/en\/?p=9528"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:02:26","slug":"karak-castle-the-imposing-bastion-of-the-crusaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conmochila.com\/en\/karak-castle-the-imposing-bastion-of-the-crusaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Karak Castle, the Imposing Bastion of the Crusaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Karak Castle<\/strong> is an impressive military architectural building located in the city of Al Karak and has more than two thousand years of history. According to experts, this place was one of the main settlements of the Kingdom of Moab in the 9th century BC. The Moabites are mentioned in the Old Testament, where it is said that they were besieged by the King of Israel and his allies.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Built on a hill, this famous Crusader stronghold, which later became a Mamluk citadel, dates back to the 12th century and was primarily used to protect Bedouin shepherds, travellers and merchants on the routes from Damascus to Aegisthus and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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