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  • Nimrod Fortress

  • Nimrod Fortress

    Nimrod Fortress, also known as Qal'at al-Subeiba, Qal'at Namrud is a medieval Muslim castle situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon. It overlooks the Golan Heights and it was built around 1229 by Al-Aziz Uthman, nephew of Saladin and younger son of Al-Adil I, to preempt an attack on Damascus by the armies of the Sixth Crusade.
    Archaeological Site
    Nimrod Fortress
    by Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Nimrod Fortress
    by Manfred Hiebl, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
    Nimrod Fortress
    by Neil Ward, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 771 m

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    Nimrod Fortress

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    Castles and Fortresses

    Location

    Syria

    Quneitra

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    13th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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