Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa (Arabic: كوكب...
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Belvoir Castle (/ˈbiːvər/ BEE-vər) is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated 6 mi (10 km) west of the town of Grantham...
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commune Belvoir Castle (Israel), a Crusader (Hospitaller) castle in the Jordan Valley Battle of Belvoir Castle, a military campaign involving that castle Belveer/Beauverium...
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in Lisbon Portugal. Castle of Margat (Syria), 1062– Belvoir Castle (Israel), 1150 Münzenberg Castle (Hesse), 1162 Kidwelly Castle, south-west Wales, 13th...
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the Ayyubids, led by Saladin, besieged the Hospitallers fortress of Belvoir Castle for an entire year before the Ayyubid forces were successful. Weakened...
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of castles in Israel. Al-Al Castle Apollonia – Arsuf a Crusader fortress located at the seashore of Herzliya. Belvoir Castle is a Crusader castle located...
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The Battle of Belvoir Castle, also called the Battle of Le Forbelet, was a part of Saladin’s campaign in May — August 1182 against the Crusaders. Crusader...
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Belmont – ruins of Crusader castle in Kibbutz Tzova Belveer – Crusader castle of which no traces remain; national park Belvoir Castle; Kochav HaYarden National...
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Kokhav Hayarden Pumped Storage Power Station (category Power stations in Israel)
is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Belvoir Castle in Beit She'an, Israel. "Israel is going to commission the country's largest pumped...
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Château Pèlerin (redirect from Castle Pelerin)
Castle'), also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the modern Israeli town...
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al-Qarn - "Castle of the Little Horn" or "Castle of the Horn") is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles...
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ongoing connection between the castle and America. There is a commemorative sundial at the castle telling the time in Belvoir, Virginia and a corresponding...
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Apollonia–Arsuf (category Castles in Israel)
Arsur, was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of today's Israel. In Israeli archaeology it is known as Tel Arshaf (תֵּל אַרְשָׁף). Founded by...
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Issachar Plateau (category Mountains of Israel)
Therefore, it is also referred in plural. The Belvoir Castle national park and archeological site is a Crusader castle on the eastern edge of the plateau, on...
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1179: Battle of Marj Ayyun 1179: Battle of Jacob's Ford 1182: Battle of Belvoir Castle 1183: Battle of Al-Fule 1187: Battle of Cresson https://blog.metmuseum...
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Thurland a new castle was built from the ruins of the old; at Belvoir the old castle was demolished and a new one built. The building of mock castles might be...
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Qaqun (category Castles in Israel)
period and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. While the site is an ancient one, the current name...
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Taibe, Galilee (redirect from Taibe, Israel)
there was a castle here called (Le) Forbelet (in medieval Arabic: 'Afrabala). It was probably Hospitaller and dependent on nearby Belvoir. Yaqut (1179–1229)...
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Cafarlet (category Castles in Israel)
fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav HaBonim, Israel, on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of Kafr Lam. It was built in...
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and the castles of Belvoir, Montfort, Arsuf, Sepphoris. Israel also currently has control over the Arab-built Nimrod Castle in the Israeli-occupied Golan...
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Migdal Afek (category Castles in Israel)
HaAyin, Israel. It is the site of the depopulated Palestinian village of Majdal Yaba. Located in Migdal Afek are the ruins of Mirabel, a Crusader castle, built...
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resisted by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem in the campaign and Battle of Belvoir Castle; however, the Crusader lands were badly damaged by Saracen raiders....
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Battle of Butaiha (category Israel articles missing geocoordinate data)
Damascus on the plains of Butaiha located in the northeast part of modern-day Israel. At the time of the battle, the area belonged to the Kingdom of Jerusalem...
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Kawkab al-Hawa (category Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War)
Crusader fortress of Belvoir, from which it expanded. The Crusader names for the Frankish settlement at Kawkab al-Hawa were Beauvoir, Belvoir, Bellum videre...
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has also been referred to historically as the Land of Canaan, the Land of Israel, the Holy Land, the Promised Land, and Palestine. This region has been ruled...
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with its horn not yet formed.] Eller, Irvin (1841). The History of Belvoir Castle. R. Tyas. pp. 368–9. OL 6590343M. "St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford -...
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Battle of Lake Huleh (1157) (category Israel articles missing geocoordinate data)
and Damascus. While the king and some fighting men escaped to a nearby castle, a large number were killed or made prisoner. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem...
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Zwinger (redirect from Zwinger (castle))
shortly before 1168 the Knights of St. John began remodelling Belvoir Castle in present-day Israel. The outer fortification with its corner towers acts like...
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1179: Battle of Marj Ayyun 1179: Battle of Jacob's Ford 1182: Battle of Belvoir Castle 1183: Battle of Al-Fule 1187: Battle of Hattin The Chronicle of Ibn...
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a list of castles in France, arranged by region and department. Notes The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes...
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