Montfort Castle (Israel)

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Name (Hebrew)
מונפור (ישראל)
Name (Latin)
Montfort Castle (Israel)
Other forms of name
Monfort (Israel)
Montfort (Israel)
מונפורט (ישראל)
מבצר מונפורט (ישראל)
Coordinates
35.2256833 35.2273046 33.0448034 33.0440313 (osm )
35.22611111 35.22611111 33.04472222 33.04472222 (gooearth )
Associated country
Israel
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q14201945
Library of congress: sh2016002050

Wikipedia description:

Montfort (Hebrew: מבצר מונפור, Mivtzar Monfor; Arabic: قلعة القرين, Qal'at al-Qurain or Qal'at al-Qarn - "Castle of the Little Horn" or "Castle of the Horn"; German: Burg Starkenberg) is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles (35 km) northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles (16 km) south of the border with Lebanon. The site is now a national park inside the Nahal Kziv nature reserve, and is an important tourist destination attracting many visitors from inside and outside Israel.

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