The Crusades (1095–1291) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/the-crusades-1095-1291
The Crusaders then took over many of the cities on the Mediterranean coast and built a large number of fortified castles all over the Holy Land to protect their new territories.
The city was sacked in 1204, its rich treasures divided between the Venetians (the
