Plan of the southwest tower built by Baybars

Plan de la tour sud-ouest de Baybars
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Drawing by C. Yovitchitch based on a work by P. Deschamps (1934).

The southeast Mamluk tower, 13 metres in diameter, is built against a portal in the Crusader enceinte. The door, placed on the side, was protected from enemy fire and accessed via a retractable footbridge.

Cyril Yovitchitch

Cyril Yovitchitch

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