Caco
| Caco | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Cachon, Kakun, Qaqun, Yikon | |
| Creation time : | between 1101 and 1123 | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Geographical location | 32 ° 21 '34.3 " N , 34 ° 59' 43.2" E | |
| Height: | 110 m | |
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Caco or Cachon (also Yikon, Arabic قاقون, DMG Qāqūn , also Kakun, Qaqun) is the ruin of a crusader castle in today's Israel.
The Crusaders built the castle after conquering the area around 1101. The castle is mentioned for the first time in 1123. The fortress was under the control of the Lord of Caesarea , a vassal of the King of Jerusalem .
The Ayyubid Sultan Saladin was able to briefly conquer the castle before it was recaptured by the Third Crusade in 1191 . Apparently the castle first came into the possession of the Knights Templar , but was acquired by the Order of St. John a little later .
In 1265 the castle was conquered by the Mamluk sultan Baibars I , who had extensions made to it. At the end of 1271, while the Mamluks in the area around Aleppo were busy fighting the Mongols , the crusaders of the seventh (ninth) crusade under Prince Edward of England tried unsuccessfully to conquer the castle. They obtained rich booty by sacking the surrounding area, but could not take the citadel of the castle and had to retreat when a superior Mamluk relief army advanced. The castle finally remained in Muslim hands.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Wilhelm von Tire : Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum. Book XII, Chapter XXI
- ↑ Cf. Fulcher von Chartres : Historia Hierosolymitana. Book III, 18.1
literature
- Denys Pringle: Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. To Archaeological Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0521460107 (pp. 83 f.)
- Hans Wolfram Kessler / Konrad Kessler: Knights in the Holy Land: Crusader sites in Israel . Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3805345521
Web links
- maxime.goepp.free.fr (French)