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Location of Belvoir: -> Talking Map! <-
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Impressive Crusader Fort
with a Stunning View

by Yael Zisling

Twelfth century Muslim historians described it as a ‘nest of eagles and the dwelling place of the moon’.

It overlooks the Jordan Valley and meandering Jordan River, 550 meters below.

 The most complete Crusader fortress in Israel sits atop a basalt plateau and offers a spectacular view of the valley below and the Gilead Mountains, across the way. (...)

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Read the full article		 A Crusader Fortress Overlooking the Jordan Valley - The security of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the twelfth century was dependent upon a network of fortifications, mainly along its eastern border which was vulnerable to Muslim attacks. The Crusader fortress of Belvoir is located on a hill of the Naphtali plateau, some 20 km. south of the Sea of Galilee and about 500 meters above the Jordan Valley. It overlooks the winding Jordan River below and faces the hills of Gilead in today’s Kingdom of Jordan. Belvoir – Fair View – was aptly named by the Crusaders. In Hebrew it is known as Kohav Hayarden – Star of the Jordan – (...)
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Photos II by David Hall

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 		Photo shows: The road down from the remains of the Crusader castle Belvoir situated above the northern end of the Jordan River Valley.  From the summit castle one was able to see the Beth Shean and Yizreel Valleys north towards Nazareth to the left and to the right the Jordan River Valley; especially green this time of year.  The Sea of Galilee was in the upper left corner of the picture.  The Crusaders occupied the area after there were complaints that Christians going to the Holy Land were being murdered by the Moslems. (...)
Belvoir: Several pictures from The Core Studies program at the University of North Florida, which provides an intensive introduction to the history of Western Civilization in a two semester sequence of lecture and discussion sections.  Core Abroad is an optional supplement that allows students (selected on a competitive basis) to visit some of the main archeological and cultural sites in the European and Mediterranean homelands of Western culture.
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