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Jordan
/ Other Attractions / Shobak
Shobak is
situated midway between Kerak and Petra and is 154 miles (248km)
from Amman. It contains a large Crusader castle, built around
1115A.D., which was repeatedly besieged by Salah al Din and eventually
captured in 1189.
The castle
commands an imposing position over a desolate landscape, but is
in a poor state of repair. Little is left standing but the outer
walls, the keep and a dungeon, carved with intricate inscriptions
in Arabic. Restoration work on the castle is in progress.
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