عنوان المقالة:العناصر المعمارية في قلعة الحصن بحمص - سوريا (دراسة تحليلية) Architectural elements in Krak des Chevaliers in Homs – Syria, Analytical study
The Castle established in (1031) and occupied by the Crusaders (1099), and renewed by Mamluk Sultans Baybars (1171) and Kalawoon (1285).
Castle retains many of the architectural elements dating to the Seljuks, the Crusaders and Mamluks. Seljuk buildings consisting of the eastern entrance of the inner fortress and the emergence of the church, which was a tower, the tower in the north-west along fences between them, the fence south of the entrance until the south east tower. Castle planning has consisted of two fences by six towers and composed the outer wall of the entrance, which consists of two square towers and the corridor between them, entrance leads to cruciform planning Dorqa'a on its sides two corridors around the inner fence, the interface extending on both sides of the entrance to the north and south where it ends in the north tower represents the emergence of the Church is currently in the south was offset by another tower in the position of the south tower current-east, there were four towers in the north western and south western corners and mid of the western and southern fence.
Crusaders have started to expand and develop the castle; they added the outer fence and some towers. They built the church and ring the external fence and a sloping wall in the south, trench behind the southern façade, tower commander in the upper floor of the south-west tower, the knight's hall, the corridor and the defensive tower which is located in front of the northern entrance.
Baybars built: two towers on the south side, curtain stone western and southern walls of the circular towers and the fence the second procedure of the fort, the eastern section of it, featuring a stable and hall guard and the corridor to it, the hall to the east entrance to the inner fort and restoration and construction of outer walls and half circular towers and main entrance, the Sultan Qalawoon the construction of a rectangular tower outside the southern facade of the fence.
The research presents Analytical study of the architectural elements of the castle to highlight the historical stages and renovations by Seljuks, Crusaders and Mamluks, following descriptive and analytical approaches to identify the architectural elements for each period of the historical periods experienced by the castle.
الملخص الانجليزي
18, No. 1, October 2016
تاريخ النشر
01/10/2016
الناشر
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
ا. د. محمود احمد درويش | Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed Darwish | 5559