Bagras or Baghras is the name of a town and nearby castle in present-day Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains. The castle, properly known as Gastun (or Gaston, Guascon, Gastim) provided a base for a force to cover the Syrian Gates, the passes between İskenderun and Antioch. It was built in two levels around a knoll, the fortification resembling Armenian work, and with water supplied by aqueducts.

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  • Baghras (türkisch Bakras, auch Bagras oder Gaston/Gastin, von lat. Castron) war eine mittelalterliche Burg im Grenzgebiet zwischen dem Fürstentum Antiochia und dem Königreich Kleinarmenien, heute in der Provinz Hatay in der Türkei gelegen. Sie verteidigte den Zugang nach Syrien von Norden her.
  • Bagras or Baghras is the name of a town and nearby castle in present-day Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains. The castle, properly known as Gastun (or Gaston, Guascon, Gastim) provided a base for a force to cover the Syrian Gates, the passes between İskenderun and Antioch. It was built in two levels around a knoll, the fortification resembling Armenian work, and with water supplied by aqueducts. It was built about 1153 by the Knights Templars and held by them or by the Principality of Antioch until it was forced to capitulate to Saladin on 26 August 1189. It was retaken in 1191 by the Armenians, and their possession of it became a major point of contention between them and the Antiochenes and Templars. After much negotiation, it was finally returned to the Templars in 1216. According to the Armenian chronicles, it withstood a siege by the forces of Aleppo at about this time. After the fall of Antioch to Baibars in 1268, the garrison lost heart, and one of the brothers deserted and presented the keys of the castle to him. The remaining defenders decided to destroy what they could and surrender the castle. Despite the loss of the castle, Hethum II of Armenia and Leo IV of Armenia soundly defeated a Mamluk raiding force in the nearby pass in 1305.
  • Bagras or Baghras è il nome di una cittadina e del vicino castello nei monti Amanos, nell'attuale Turchia.
  • Barghas, Bargas - warownia templariuszy zwana przez nich Gaston leżąca w pobliżu Antiochii, wzniesiona na szczycie wzgórza u przełęczy Belen w 1153. Zdobyta przez Saladyna 26 sierpnia 1189.
  • Bagras ou Baghras est le nom d'une ville et d'un château en Turquie dans les monts Amanus.
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  • Baghras (türkisch Bakras, auch Bagras oder Gaston/Gastin, von lat. Castron) war eine mittelalterliche Burg im Grenzgebiet zwischen dem Fürstentum Antiochia und dem Königreich Kleinarmenien, heute in der Provinz Hatay in der Türkei gelegen. Sie verteidigte den Zugang nach Syrien von Norden her.
  • Bagras or Baghras è il nome di una cittadina e del vicino castello nei monti Amanos, nell'attuale Turchia.
  • Barghas, Bargas - warownia templariuszy zwana przez nich Gaston leżąca w pobliżu Antiochii, wzniesiona na szczycie wzgórza u przełęczy Belen w 1153. Zdobyta przez Saladyna 26 sierpnia 1189.
  • Bagras or Baghras is the name of a town and nearby castle in present-day Turkey, in the Amanus Mountains. The castle, properly known as Gastun (or Gaston, Guascon, Gastim) provided a base for a force to cover the Syrian Gates, the passes between İskenderun and Antioch. It was built in two levels around a knoll, the fortification resembling Armenian work, and with water supplied by aqueducts.
  • Bagras ou Baghras est le nom d'une ville et d'un château en Turquie dans les monts Amanus.
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