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Kerak Castle

by Berthold Werner, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

by Steven C. Price, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Kerak Castle

Kerak Castle is a large Crusader castle located in Kerak in Jordan. It is one of the largest Crusader castles in the Levant. Construction of the castle began in the 1140s. The Crusaders called it Crac des Moabites or "Karak in Moab", as it is frequently referred to in history books.