Archaeological Museum Frankfurt

The old Carmelite Monastery of Frankfurt hosts the Archaeological Museum as well as the Institute for City History.

The archaeological museum mainly houses findings of the former Roman city of Nida (today the Heddernheim district in Frankfurt) and exhibits from the early middle ages.

The main reason for the visit to this museum was a special exhibition called Burgen und Basare der Kreuzfahrerzeit (Castles and Bazaars in the Age of the Crusades). The center of the exhibition were two big models of the fortress Crac des Chevaliers and the bazaar of Aleppo.

The old Carmelite Monastery of Frankfurt hosts the Archaeological Museum
Cloister of the former carmelite monastery in Frankfurt
Fresco in the cloister of the former carmelite monastery in Frankfurt
Archaeological Museum in the former carmelite monastery of Frankfurt
Altar found in the former Roman city of Nida (today the Heddernheim district in Frankfurt)
Roman altar
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Krak des Chevaliers (also Crac des Chevaliers, "fortress of the knights" in a mixture of Arabic and French) was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria during the Crusades. The original fortress had been built in 1031 for the emir of Aleppo. It was captured by Raymond IV of Toulouse early in 1099, during the First Crusade, but was abandoned when the Crusaders continued their march to Jerusalem. It was reoccupied again by Tancred, Prince of Galilee in 1110. Raymond II, count of Tripoli, gave it to the Hospitallers in 1144. The Hospitallers rebuilt it and expanded it into the largest Crusader fortress in the Holy Land, adding an outer wall 30 meters thick with seven guard towers 8-10 meters thick, to create a concentric castle. The picture shows a part of this massive outer wall. Archers and smaller Trebuchets are trying to fight back the attacking Mameluks of Sultan Baibars.
Model (1:25) of a stone catapult on the outer walls of Krak des Chevaliers
The big Mameluk army of Sultan Baibars gathers before the walls of Krak des Chevaliers to attack with ladders and catapults.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
One of the archers on the model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Refectory of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Kitchen of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Refectory of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
Trebuchet on the walls of the inner fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades. An elephant carries goods to the souk.
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
  
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