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  • Montreal Castle

  • Montreal Castle

    Montreal Castle, also called Shoubak or Shawbak, is a Crusader castle. The ruins are located in modern town of Shoubak in Jordan. The castle was built in 1115 by Baldwin I of Jerusalem during his expedition to the area where he captured Aqaba on the Red Sea in 1116 AD.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Shaubak Castle (Montreal).
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Montreal Castle
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Montreal Castle
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Montreal Castle
    by Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1360 m

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    Montreal Castle

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2001

    fortification

    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Jordan

    Ma’an

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    12th Century AD

    Crusaders

    Islamic

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    Crusader & Islamic Monuments

     

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