List of Crusader castles


This is a list of castles in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, founded or occupied during the Crusades. For crusader castles in Poland and the Baltic states, see Ordensburg.
File:Sidon.jpg|thumb|Sidon's Sea Castle built by the crusaders as a fortress of the Holy Land in Sidon, Lebanon.
There were two major phases of the deliberate destruction of Crusader castles: in 1187 by Saladin and after 1260 by the Mamluks. The intention was often to prevent the castles being reused by the Crusaders.
Of the architecture built by the Crusaders, castles have received more scholarly attention than other forms, such as ecclesiastical architecture.

Crusader states

Geographic location on today's map

Cyprus