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  • Beaufort Castle

    Beaufort or Belfort Castle, Shaqif Arnun, Qala'at al-Shaqif, is a Crusader fortress located near the village of Arnoun in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon. It was built by King of Jerusalem around 1137 AD.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The castles of Mount Amel.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Beaufort Castle
    by David Germain-Robin, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 677 m

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    Beaufort Castle

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2019

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Lebanon

    Nabatieh Governorate

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    12th Century AD

    Crusaders

    Islamic

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    Crusader & Islamic Monuments

     

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