10 Medieval Castles Nobody Could Ever Take By Force

#Medieval #CastleHistory #MedievalHistory Ten fortresses that armies broke themselves against — and the truth about why almost none of them ever fell to a direct assault. From a limestone rock in eastern Turkey that defeated sieges for 1,500 years before the medieval period even began, to the greatest crusader castle ever raised in the Levant, these are the walls that made siege warfare look futile. Starvation, treachery, bribery, forged letters — the stories of how these castles were actually taken are stranger than any storming. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — No.10 The Fortress of Van 3:00 — No.9 Peyrepertuse 6:30 — No.8 The Theodosian Walls of Constantinople 10:50 — No.7 The Fortifications of Rhodes 14:57 — No.6 Kerak Castle, Southern Jordan 19:02 — No.5 Malbork Castle, Northern Poland 22:32 — No.4 The Alhambra 26:36 — No.3 Château Gaillard 31:03 — No.2 Alamut, The Eagle's Nest 36:01 — No.1 Krak des Chevaliers 🔔 Subscribe for more medieval history, castle warfare and the forgotten sieges that shaped the Middle Ages. #MedievalCastles #CastleSiege #MiddleAges #Alhambra #Constantinople #Malbork #Alamut #ChateauGaillard #SiegeWarfare #Crusades #History #MedievalHistory