неа.. я это уже все просмотрел, там стандартно: "Замок Шаубак, стоит по дороге в Петру, рядом Керак, основан тогда-то... А вообщем-то от него мало что осталось"
Ну еще про 2 церкви в замке и колодец - и все.
Хочется найти хотя бы план, может какие-нибудь особенные детали.
Shobak A castle with secret passages Or “Le Krak de Montreal”
Built during the Crusader times, 887 years ago, Shobak castle appears as a natural extension of a dramatic hill. The location has provided the castle with a natural mote; a system of valleys that surround a central hill from all directions. The terrain shows unusual geologic activities, rock layers tilted from horizontal to almost vertical, sharp hillsides with rock cliffs, and rugged terrain that gains height towards the west before abruptly dropping into distant depths Wadi Araba. All of these geomorphologic features have provided the site of the castle with a strategic location that is, naturally, easy to defend. The shape of the landscape also helped in providing water. Springs gush from valleys facing east; which is unlike the usual trend where springs at villages in south Jordan come out of slopes facing west (Wadi Musa, Tafileh, Dana, Taybeh, and others). The way in which this castle uses its natural elegant pedestal, both for acquiring its magnificent vertical scale for defense and for benefiting from cool spring water, is part of the overall charming qualities of this monument. While the Crusaders called it “Le Krak de Montreal”, the current name of Shobak refers to the castle as well as to its surroundings group of about ten villages. The recent history of the castle is directly connected to these villages. People of Shobak still remember when the castle was inhabited (till 1950s), they would tell a story where each tower was occupied by one of the clans, and how the people spread around the castle in villages like Al-Jayeh, Mugar’ieh, Nijil, Al Mansura, Shammakh and others.
At the castle entrance, on the eastern elevation, is one of the towers with beautiful Arabic calligraphy, using big size letters braded in the Mamluk stile and dated to the later rebuilding works of 1290s. Walking in the ruined parts of the castle you can notice some architectural elements of European stile, almost gothic, while other parts are reminiscent architecture from Mamluk Cairo. The most interesting feature is the effects of ruined architecture playing with the views of the vast landscape around. The castle plays with its surrounding in an amusing way, windows whistling in the wind, partially collapsed openings squeezing the outside glare to draw shapes of sun on flooring stones, and rooms where the end wall has fallen in the deep valley below. The effects of time are stunning and entertaining.
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Ежели в простоте душевной забить в Гугл первую фразу "Built during the Crusader times, 887 years ago, Shobak castle appears as a natural extension of a dramatic hill", то машина выдает ссылочку и на http://www.mahjoob.com/ammar/ak04082002a.htm. Там тоже три фоты, но другие. Некие знакомые очертания углядываются ишшо в одном месте.
Ежели в простоте душевной забить в Гугл первую фразу "Built during the Crusader times, 887 years ago, Shobak castle appears as a natural extension of a dramatic hill", то машина выдает ссылочку и на http://www.mahjoob.com/ammar/ak04082002a.htm. Там тоже три фоты, но другие. Некие знакомые очертания углядываются ишшо в одном месте.
интересный сайт и автор статьи кстати тоже молодец
Львы, кстати, не китайские и не испанские, а персидские. Молодые львы. Одна из главных загадок Ирак-аль-Амира. Но ваще-то я статейку с этого сайта даже не удосужился прочитать. Мож, там про это?