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The RAF Panavia F.3 Tornado from 111 Squadron (ZE734/ JU) wearing the "Tremblers" special markings makes an impressive departure from RAF Fairford's Runway 25 following its participation at the 2008 RIAT - the show which never took place due to the weather.l
More than two hours had passed without a word from K’hall or his team. The ground still trembled with aftershocks from the blast. The detonation had been so immense it had stirred tectonic fault lines into motion.
Bext had begun to resign herself to the grim possibility: the team had not escaped the nest. Then, at last, the comm sputtered to life—though the voice was not K’hall’s. Relief was short lived.
“Ramva20, this is Axiom9, Division Intelligence. Do you read?”
Bext snapped to the console. “This is Ramva20, Lieutenant Commander Bext speaking.”
The fleet transmission continued: “We have received another irregular transmission on an unapproved low-orbit frequency. Commander K’hall requests contact on 9005.3. Be advised---this is the second such transmission on this frequency and it has been logged for a full review. A stern reminder--- that frequency is unencrypted.”
“Understood,” Bext cut them off, fingers already keying in the frequency.
“Commander, can you hear me?”
“K’hall here. I now have your coordinates. I’ll be with you shortly.”
Almost instantly, K’hall, Avhal, and the girls shimmered into existence outside the orb. Crew members spilled out to meet them, relief breaking across their faces.
Bext clasped K’hall’s arm with a smile. “We feared you hadn’t made it out before the blast.”
“We did—barely. The mission went as planned. Kayla pulled us out far from the detonation.”
“Why didn’t you contact us sooner?”
“Our vitecs failed maybe jammed. I had to use the communicator Adrienne was carrying to contact fleet, but they refused to acknowledge the transmission.”
K’hall’s gaze lifted to the rolling cloud still hanging in the sky. “Have you confirmed the nest’s destruction?”
“No. The explosion was incredibly massive—we saw it, felt it. But we’ve stayed hidden, fifteen sectors out. Sensors show heavy aerial activity over the site.”
The ground convulsed with another aftershock. K’hall steadied himself, then gave the order. “We remain here. Everyone inside.”
The orb’s entrance sealed behind them with a hiss.
“Avhal, deploy a reconnaissance probe.”
A panel slid open down near the bottom of the orb, releasing a drone no larger than a sparrow. It darted silently into the sky, streaking toward the nest.
The everyone gathered as the probe’s feed filled the screen. Gasps rippled through the room.
The image revealed devastation: a crater spanning over17 miles in diameter, plunging deep into the earth. The earth itself was scorched, sand turned to glass from the intense heat.
There was no mistaking it—the reptilian nest and everything around it for many miles had been utterly annihilated.
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T. E. Lawrence
“perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world.”
"Certainement le château au monde le mieux préservé et le mieux conservé dans son entité" Laurence d'Arabie
Le Krak des Chevaliers, ou Krak de l'Hospital — krak dérive du syriaque karak signifiant forteresse ,
Qal`at al-Hosn (La forteresse imprenable) ou
Hisn al-Akrād (forteresse des Kurdes)
La forteresse est construite sur une colline de 750 mètres de haut aux flancs abrupts
Les chevaliers de l'Hôpital (ou Hospitaliers) gérèrent le fort de 1142 - offert par Raymond II, Comte de Tripoli - jusqu' à 1271, date de sa conquête par Az-Zâhir Rukn ad-Dîn Baybars al-Bunduqdari - Baybars Ier - sultan des Mamelouks. Il ne put malgré tout s'emparer du krak que par la ruse : il envoya une fausse missive, émanant prétendument du Grand Maître des Templiers, enjoignant aux assiégés de se rendre.
En 1157, un important tremblement de terre ébranla le château et Raymond du Puy, le grand maître des Hospitaliers, le fit restaurer et agrandir, nouveau tremblement de terre en 1170
Saladin (mort en 1193) eut beau infliger de nombreuses défaites aux croisés, ne put s'emparer du krak des Chevaliers
un des châteaux médiévaux les mieux préservé au monde
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, passages et ponts
à 40 km à l'ouest de la ville de Homs, proche de la frontière du Liban, à 30 km à vol d'oiseau de la mer
Le 20 mars 2014, le château, jusque-là tenu par la rébellion, est repris par les forces gouvernementales
surface totale de 2,5 hectares protégée par deux enceintes concentriques entièrement indépendantes.
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, ponts et passages. Le krak hébergeait une garnison de 2 000 hommes et possédait des vivres pour cinq ans.
Krak des Chevaliers - Crusader castle - one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement of Kurds; as a result it was known as Hisn al Akrad, meaning the Castle of the Kurds;. In 1142 given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller.
Due to an earthquake in 1157, followed by another one in 1170, the castle was restored and enlarged,
It remained in their possession until it fell in 1271.
after a siege lasting 36 days, supposedly by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the Knights to surrender.
It became known as Crac de l'Ospital; the name Krak des Chevaliers was coined in the 19th century.
could house up to 2.000 men and food for 5 years
located 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, 30 km from the sea, the castle sits atop a 750-metre-high (2,130 ft) hill
13 towers, cisterns, barrracks, shops, stables, bridges
The Syrian Arab Army recaptured the castle and the village of al-Hosn from rebel forces on March 20, 2014
explored on february 18, 2011
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The southern rim of the White River Plateau turns brilliant in fall with Gambel oak, three-leaf or fragrant sumac, and quaking aspen. The clumps of woody trees 4 to 10 feet tall are Gambel oak, Quercus gambelii. The brilliant red and yellow and orange shrubs are three-leaf or skunkbush or fragrant sumac, Rhus trilobata, and the tall trees with white bark are trembling or quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides. All three species are clonal.
Photo taken from and of Coffee Pot Road, above Glenwood Canyon in western Colorado.
Lush boreal forest panorama view from the top of Mont Tremblan (trembling mountain), Laurentian mountains
On March 3, 2021 an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred 29 miles (47 km) away from the immense rock formations called Meteora. Kalampaka is the small city directly beneath Meteora.
The earthquake caused a lot of trembling noise, cracks on the walls of houses, skewing of the paintings' frames on the walls. It also caused visible shaking of the gigantic rock formations themselves; the shaken Meteora remained standing! They didn't collapse despite looking rather precarious… As a matter of fact, there are too many large-size rocks that look like …“rolling stones,” ready to glide or slide or skid on the abrupt slippery slopes. The earthquake-struck town wasn't swallowed, but was spared along with all its ugly power lines
Seismic data about the earthquakes epicentre: Coordinates: 39.7641°N, 22.1756°E, Depth: 6 miles, Time: 10:16:10 UTC/GMT (12:16 pm local time).
Meteora is the name of the group comprising many impressive and lofty rock formations: The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.
Lou Rhodes - Tremble
When you look at me
I'm as shaky as a leaf
On a new tree
One look in your eyes
And you make me
Tremble
You have something rare
Ah you take me to a place
I've never been before
Oh the magic that we share
Oh it makes me makes me
Tremble, yeah yeah
And when you hold my hand
Oh I could burst with joy
Baby understand
I never felt this way with any other boy
Darlin', pity me
Tho' there's no place on this earth
I'd rather be
Hmmm and all the world can see
How you make me make me
Tremble
How you make me make me
Tremble, yeah, yeah
How you make me make me
Tremble
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...
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Jestem z liści które drżą
(Eng. I am of the leaves which tremble)
self-portrait
inspired by poetry by H. Poświatowska
translation by Marek Lugowski
marek@enteract.com
jestem z upływającej wody
z liści które drżą
trącane dźwiękiem wiatru
przelatującego pospiesznie
jestem z wieczoru
który nie chce usnąć
patrzy uparcie
głodnymi oczyma gwiazd
noc - poprzez niebieskie żyły
w każdym włóknie ciała
w końcach palców
pulsuje namiętnym niespełnionym
jestem schrypłym głosem
milczącym głucho
nade mną dni
o wielkich pustych skrzydłach
mijają...
---
I am of the ebbing water
of the leaves which tremble
nudged by the sound of wind
which flies by in haste
I am of the evening
which cannot fall asleep
it stubbornly stares
with the hungry eyes of stars
the night -through blueskied veins
in every strand of a body's tissue
in the fingertips
throbs with the passionate the unfulfilled
I am the rasped voice
dumbly silent
over me the days
on huge empty wingspans
pass on by...
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東京スカイツリー 反射絵
The Tokyo Skytree is a broadcast tower for television and radio.It's 634 meters tall.It's the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world .The tower is reflected on the building nearby.
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Jestem z liści które drżą
(Eng. I am of the leaves which tremble)
self-portrait
inspired by poetry by H. Poświatowska
translation by Marek Lugowski
marek@enteract.com
jestem z upływającej wody
z liści które drżą
trącane dźwiękiem wiatru
przelatującego pospiesznie
jestem z wieczoru
który nie chce usnąć
patrzy uparcie
głodnymi oczyma gwiazd
noc - poprzez niebieskie żyły
w każdym włóknie ciała
w końcach palców
pulsuje namiętnym niespełnionym
jestem schrypłym głosem
milczącym głucho
nade mną dni
o wielkich pustych skrzydłach
mijają...
---
I am of the ebbing water
of the leaves which tremble
nudged by the sound of wind
which flies by in haste
I am of the evening
which cannot fall asleep
it stubbornly stares
with the hungry eyes of stars
the night -through blueskied veins
in every strand of a body's tissue
in the fingertips
throbs with the passionate the unfulfilled
I am the rasped voice
dumbly silent
over me the days
on huge empty wingspans
pass on by...
My artwork may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permission.
My photographs do not belong to the public domain.
© All rights reserved
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RoidWeek 2023 Spring | Day 2, Picture 1
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T. E. Lawrence
“perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world.”
"Certainement le château au monde le mieux préservé et le mieux conservé dans son entité" Laurence d'Arabie
Le Krak des Chevaliers, ou Krak de l'Hospital — krak dérive du syriaque karak signifiant forteresse ,
Qal`at al-Hosn (La forteresse imprenable) ou
Hisn al-Akrād (forteresse des Kurdes)
La forteresse est construite sur une colline de 750 mètres de haut aux flancs abrupts
Les chevaliers de l'Hôpital (ou Hospitaliers) gérèrent le fort de 1142 - offert par Raymond II, Comte de Tripoli - jusqu' à 1271, date de sa conquête par Az-Zâhir Rukn ad-Dîn Baybars al-Bunduqdari - Baybars Ier - sultan des Mamelouks. Il ne put malgré tout s'emparer du krak que par la ruse : il envoya une fausse missive, émanant prétendument du Grand Maître des Templiers, enjoignant aux assiégés de se rendre.
En 1157, un important tremblement de terre ébranla le château et Raymond du Puy, le grand maître des Hospitaliers, le fit restaurer et agrandir, nouveau tremblement de terre en 1170
Saladin (mort en 1193) eut beau infliger de nombreuses défaites aux croisés, ne put s'emparer du krak des Chevaliers
un des châteaux médiévaux les mieux préservé au monde
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, passages et ponts
à 40 km à l'ouest de la ville de Homs, proche de la frontière du Liban, à 30 km à vol d'oiseau de la mer
Le 20 mars 2014, le château, jusque-là tenu par la rébellion, est repris par les forces gouvernementales
surface totale de 2,5 hectares protégée par deux enceintes concentriques entièrement indépendantes.
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, ponts et passages. Le krak hébergeait une garnison de 2 000 hommes et possédait des vivres pour cinq ans.
Krak des Chevaliers - Crusader castle - one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement of Kurds; as a result it was known as Hisn al Akrad, meaning the Castle of the Kurds;. In 1142 given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller.
Due to an earthquake in 1157, followed by another one in 1170, the castle was restored and enlarged,
It remained in their possession until it fell in 1271.
after a siege lasting 36 days, supposedly by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the Knights to surrender.
It became known as Crac de l'Ospital; the name Krak des Chevaliers was coined in the 19th century.
could house up to 2.000 men and food for 5 years
located 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, 30 km from the sea, the castle sits atop a 750-metre-high (2,130 ft) hill
13 towers, cisterns, barrracks, shops, stables, bridges
The Syrian Arab Army recaptured the castle and the village of al-Hosn from rebel forces on March 20, 2014
I tremble
They're gonna eat me alive
If I stumble
They're gonna eat me alive
-Metric
New Hamsphiree was pretty funn.
that's shannon.
i took this at 4 in the morning,
we decided not to sleep, and take a walk to the lake instead.
the fog was sick,
but we were pretty afraid of getting attacked by like, a rabid moose or something.
On March 3, 2021 an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred 29 miles (47 km) away from the immense rock formations called Meteora. Kalampaka is the small city directly beneath Meteora.
The earthquake caused a lot of trembling noise, cracks on the walls of houses, skewing of the paintings' frames on the walls. It also caused visible shaking of the gigantic rock formations themselves; the shaken Meteora remained standing! They didn't collapse despite looking rather precarious… As a matter of fact, there are too many large-size rocks that look like …“rolling stones,” ready to glide or slide or skid on the abrupt slippery slopes. The earthquake-struck town wasn't swallowed, but was spared along with all its ugly power lines
Seismic data about the earthquakes epicentre: Coordinates: 39.7641°N, 22.1756°E, Depth: 6 miles, Time: 10:16:10 UTC/GMT (12:16 pm local time).
Meteora is the name of the group comprising many impressive and lofty rock formations: The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.
Love until your voice trembles,
and your heart pounds,
and your legs shake,
and your philosophies crumble to dust,
and your cleverness bows its head in shame and in reverence.
~ Jeff Foster
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'Treble One' (Fighter) Squadron aka 'The Tremblers' marked English Electric (BAC) Lightning F.3 XR713/C outside the LPG's QRA sheds at Bruntingthorpe.
For many years she was preserved up at RAF Leuchars in Fife but with the recent closure of that base she was put up for tender and luckily found a new home with the LPG.
Currently without engines she joins the two other Lightnings currently on charge with the Group plus they had the T.5 nose tucked away in the corner of the Right Hand shed too.
DSCN1277
Tremella mesenterica (common names include Yellow Brain, Golden jelly fungus, Yellow trembler, and Witches' butter) is a common jelly fungus in the family Tremellaceae of the Agaricomycotina. It is most frequently found on dead but attached and on recently fallen branches, especially of angiosperms, as a parasite of wood decay fungi in the genus Peniophora.[3] The gelatinous, orange-yellow fruit body of the fungus, which can grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) diameter, has a convoluted or lobed surface that is greasy or slimy when damp. It grows in crevices in bark, appearing during rainy weather. Within a few days after rain it dries into a thin film or shriveled mass capable of reviving after subsequent rain.
Although some have claimed the fungus to be inedible or merely "non-poisonous", most other sources agree that it is edible but flavorless.The gelatinous to rubbery consistency lends texture to soups. In China, the fungus is used by vegetarians to prepare "an immunomodulating cooling soup with lotus seed, lily bulbs, jujube, etc." Yum! I always like to see an asterisk on a menu: *This could kill you or make you wish you were dead. It's gelatinous like a brain, and adds heft to your soups. It's was our special of the day, Feb. 20, 2000, the first time we found out it was poisonous, and the 21st when we found out it was deadly. Acting quickly, we removed it from our specialties when our batch of menus ran out. We did not add the cost of menus to this dish's price."
Btw, I found this gem in my most visited national park, Sequoia in the southern most part of the Sierra mountains in central California. Oddly, I found this on an old, dying oak, and at 6500 feet elevation. It was just off the trail in an alpine meadow.
Trembling in the grass
of fields
spring is over
Tremblant dans les herbes
des champs
le printemps s'en va
Laukų žolėj
virpėdamas
pavasaris išeina
~ Issa ~
29 May, 2009 - in Explore. Thank you all :)
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with Softlighter II camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
Royal Air Force No.111(Tremblers)Squadron Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE936/HE on the flight-line at the 2007 Biggin Hill 'Air Fair'
She was there with ZE203/GA from No.43(Fighting Cocks), both based at RAF Leuchars and down to participate in the 'Role Demo' set piece with a pair of GR.4's, two Hawks, an Army Apache and to oversee it all, an AWACS
DSCN5587
Th'eclipse of 2017. Binocular projection onto my driveway, my wee small homage to Abelardo Morell.
I rather like the chromatic aberration in the projected sun; the binoculars are a high-quality pair (albeit from the 1970s) but the sun is a severe test.
Zeiss Dialyt 10x40 B T* binocular projection
Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 1:4 75-150mm @ 150mm
f/8
Raw conversion in Iridient Developer
Tonal adjustments in Affinity Photo
"Le pregunté cuál era el ideograma de su nombre. Me enseñó su tarjeta de
visita. Observé los kanjis y exclamé:
-¡Tempestad de nieve! Fubuki significa «tempestad de nieve». Es demasiado
hermoso llamarse así."
Inspired by the Book "Stupeur et Tremblements" ,"Fear and Trembling", "Estupor y Temblores" .
by Amélie Nothomb
Des trembles dans le boisé de Saint-Sulpice à Montréal.
Golden Aspen in Black & White. St. Sulpice's wooded park. Montréal, Canada.
XT867/H, McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG-1 (CN 2546) of 111 Squadron ‘Tremblers’ Royal Air Force, photographed on a hot summers afternoon at RAF Leuchars. Originally delivered in August 1968 to 767 Naval Air Squadron as 152/VL, the jet moved to 892 NAS and was coded 005 in 1977. Upon the decommissioning of HMS Ark Royal in 1978, 892 Squadron was disbanded with it’s FG-1’s being ferried RAF St Athan for conversion to RAF standard. They were then issued to 111 Sqn replacing it’s FGR-2’s making Leuchars an all FG-1 base. The jet, later coded BH was retired around January 1990 and became an instructional airframe with the Leuchars Battle Damage Repair Flight as 9064M. Listed as scrapped circa April 2001. Olympus OM-1N/ Hoya 100-00 f5.6. Scanned from an original 35 mm colour transparency via Hasselblad X-5.
Superbe exposition "Chiharu Shiota - Les frémissements de l'âme" au Grand Palais à Paris.
Accumulation - À la recherche de la destination (2016)
La valise pose la question de ce que l'on emporte avec soi, comme la mémoire du chez soi. Shiota dit (...) qu'elle a cherché à évoquer le voyage et l'exil. (...) C'est la mémoire affective, celle des individus à travers les objets, qui est à l'œuvre.
Source : Catalogue à disposition à l'entrée de l'exposition.
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Superb exhibition "Chiharu Shiota - The Soul Trembles" at the Grand Palais in Paris.
Accumulation - Searching for the Destination (2016)
The suitcase asks the question of what we take with us, like the memory of home. Shiota says (...) she sought to evoke travel and exile. (...) It is affective memory, that of individuals through objects, that is at work here.
Source: Catalogue available at the entrance to the exhibition.
I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night
Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright
Beams of blue come flickering through my window pane
Like gypsy moths that dance around a candle flame
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face
While chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case
And the fragrance of your flowers rest beneath my head
A sympathy bouquet left with the love that's dead
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Never thought the words you said were true
Never thought you said just what you meant
Never knew how much I needed you
Never thought you'd leave, until you went
Morning comes and morning goes with no regret
And evening brings the memories I can't forget
Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs
And empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs
And I wonder if you know
That I never understood
That although you said you'd go
Until you did I never thought you would
Don McLean
stock - mjranum, DA - thank you
Merulius tremellosus
Focus stack
Canon 70D
Sigma 150mm F2.8 IF EX APO DG OS HSM
ISO 100, 1 sec., f/4,0
Manual exposure
XT873/A, McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG-1 (CN 2738) of 111 Squadron Royal Air Force seen about to take the wire on RAF Leuchars cross runway 22/04 sometime in March/ April 1984/85 during one of the regular “Elder Forest” air defence exercises that took place bi-annually at the time. Originally delivered in November 1968, the aircraft served with the A&AEE on development work and 767 Naval Air Squadron coded 155/VL before joining 43 Squadron as “S” and then the Tremblers as “A” then “BA”. The aircraft was scrapped at Leuchars in April 1992. A very poor quality image but this is the only occasion that I ever witnessed Phantoms operating from 04/22 - due to a 30-40 knot southerly wind putting 09/27 out of limits. Scanned from an original 35 mm colour negative via Flextight Photo.
"How beautiful leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days."
- John Burrough
"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."
- Albert Schweitzer
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T. E. Lawrence
“perhaps the best preserved and most wholly admirable castle in the world.”
"Certainement le château au monde le mieux préservé et le mieux conservé dans son entité" Laurence d'Arabie
Le Krak des Chevaliers, ou Krak de l'Hospital — krak dérive du syriaque karak signifiant forteresse ,
Qal`at al-Hosn (La forteresse imprenable) ou
Hisn al-Akrād (forteresse des Kurdes)
La forteresse est construite sur une colline de 750 mètres de haut aux flancs abrupts
Les chevaliers de l'Hôpital (ou Hospitaliers) gérèrent le fort de 1142 - offert par Raymond II, Comte de Tripoli - jusqu' à 1271, date de sa conquête par Az-Zâhir Rukn ad-Dîn Baybars al-Bunduqdari - Baybars Ier - sultan des Mamelouks. Il ne put malgré tout s'emparer du krak que par la ruse : il envoya une fausse missive, émanant prétendument du Grand Maître des Templiers, enjoignant aux assiégés de se rendre.
En 1157, un important tremblement de terre ébranla le château et Raymond du Puy, le grand maître des Hospitaliers, le fit restaurer et agrandir, nouveau tremblement de terre en 1170
Saladin (mort en 1193) eut beau infliger de nombreuses défaites aux croisés, ne put s'emparer du krak des Chevaliers
un des châteaux médiévaux les mieux préservé au monde
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, passages et ponts
à 40 km à l'ouest de la ville de Homs, proche de la frontière du Liban, à 30 km à vol d'oiseau de la mer
Le 20 mars 2014, le château, jusque-là tenu par la rébellion, est repris par les forces gouvernementales
surface totale de 2,5 hectares protégée par deux enceintes concentriques entièrement indépendantes.
13 tours, écuries, salles, magasins, citernes, ponts et passages. Le krak hébergeait une garnison de 2 000 hommes et possédait des vivres pour cinq ans.
Krak des Chevaliers - Crusader castle - one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by a settlement of Kurds; as a result it was known as Hisn al Akrad, meaning the Castle of the Kurds;. In 1142 given by Raymond II, Count of Tripoli, to the Knights Hospitaller.
Due to an earthquake in 1157, followed by another one in 1170, the castle was restored and enlarged,
It remained in their possession until it fell in 1271.
after a siege lasting 36 days, supposedly by way of a forged letter purportedly from the Hospitallers' Grand Master that caused the Knights to surrender.
It became known as Crac de l'Ospital; the name Krak des Chevaliers was coined in the 19th century.
could house up to 2.000 men and food for 5 years
located 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the city of Homs, close to the border of Lebanon, 30 km from the sea, the castle sits atop a 750-metre-high (2,130 ft) hill
13 towers, cisterns, barrracks, shops, stables, bridges
The Syrian Arab Army recaptured the castle and the village of al-Hosn from rebel forces on March 20, 2014