Editing Kingdom of Jerusalem (section)

=== Art and architecture ===
{{Main|Art of the crusades}}
[[File:Melisende-Psalter f9v.jpg|thumb|right|[[Melisende Psalter]] Folio 9v – The Harrowing of Hell]]
In Jerusalem itself, the greatest architectural endeavour was the expansion of the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Gothic architecture|western Gothic style]]. This expansion consolidated all the separate shrines on the site into one building, and was completed by 1149. Outside of Jerusalem, castles and fortresses were the major focus of construction: [[Kerak]] and [[Montreal (Crusader castle)|Montreal]] in [[Oultrejordain]] and [[Ibelin (castle)|Ibelin]] near [[Jaffa, Israel|Jaffa]] are among the numerous examples of crusader castles.

Crusader art was a mix of [[Medieval art|Western]], [[Byzantine art|Byzantine]], and [[Islamic art|Islamic]] styles. The major cities featured baths, interior plumbing, and other advanced hygienic tools which were lacking in most other cities and towns throughout the world. The foremost examples of crusader art are perhaps the [[Melisende Psalter]], an [[illuminated manuscript]] commissioned between 1135 and 1143 and now located in the [[British Library]], and the sculpted [[Nazareth Capitals]]. Paintings and mosaics were popular forms of art in the kingdom, but many of these were destroyed by the [[Mamluk]]s in the 13th century; only the most durable fortresses survived the reconquest.