Kerak Castle is a large
crusader castle located in
Kerak in
Jordan. It is one of the largest crusader castles in the
Levant. Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, under
Pagan,
Fulk of Jerusalem's butler. The Crusaders called it
Crac des Moabites or "Karak in Moab", as it is frequently referred to in history books.