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Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress ( Arabic : Kalat al-Subeiba; Hebrew : Qalaat Namrud), is an ancient fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights , on a ridge rising some 800 metres (2600 feet) above sea level. It is named after the biblical hero Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-9): "And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." According to local tradition Nimrod dwelt on this ridge. It is probably because the locals, from the 16th century onward, upon seeing the great ruins of the keep, believed that only a great hunter-king such as Nimrod could have built it. The fortress overlooks the deep, narrow valley separating Mt. Hermon from the Golan Heights, the road linking the Galilee with Damascus , and the former Crusader town of Banias . The fortress was built c. 1229 by Al-Aziz 'Uthman, younger son of Al-Adil I , to pre-empt any attempt on Damascus by the Sixth Crusade . It had been further expanded to contain the whole ridge by 1230 , and Baibars strengthened it and added larger towers after 1260 . The entire fortress complex is is 420 metres (1350 feet) in length and 150 metres (500 feet) in width, and is built of large, carefully squared stones. Along the walls are numerous rectangular and semi-circular towers, roofed with pointed cross-arches. Overlooking the high, eastern edge of the fortress stood a large keep , measuring 65 by 45 metres (200 by 150 feet) and protected by massive rectangular towers. At the end of the 13th century, following the Muslim conquest of the port city of Acre and the end of Crusader rule in the Holy Land , the fortress lost strategic value and fell into disrepair.1
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A section of the Nimrod Fortress Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod's Fortress , ( , "Castle of the Large Cliff"; , Mivtzar Nimrod ) is a medieval fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights , on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level.
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Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod Castle (original Arabic name: Qal'at al-Subeiba , "Castle of the Large Cliff", later Qal'at Namrud , "Nimrod's Castle"; , Mivtzar Nimrod , "Nimrod's Fortress") is a medieval Muslim castle situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon , on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level.It overlooks the Golan Heights and was built with the purpose of guarding a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the west.Alternative forms and spellings of the name: Nimrod's Fortress; Kal'at/Qala'at al-/as-Subayba/Subeibeh.The area is under Israeli administration since 1967 together with the adjacent Golan Heights and belongs to Syria under international law .
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Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod Castle ( Qal'at al-Subeiba , "Castle of the Large Cliff", later Qal'at Namrud , "Nimrod's Castle"; , Mivtzar Nimrod , "Nimrod's Fortress") is a medieval Ayyubid castle situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon , on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level. It overlooks the Golan Heights and was built with the purpose of guarding a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the west. Alternative forms and spellings include: Kal'at instead of Qal'at , the prefix as- instead of al- , and Subayba , Subaybah and Subeibeh in place of Subeiba .The area is under Israeli occupation and administration since 1967 together with the adjacent Golan Heights.The international community sees the area as Syrian territory.
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Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod Castle ( Qal'at al-Subeiba , "Castle of the Large Cliff", later Qal'at Namrud , "Nimrod's Castle"; , Mivtzar Nimrod , "Nimrod's Fortress") is a castle built by the Ayyubids and hugely enlarged by the Mamluks , situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon , on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level. It overlooks the Golan Heights and was built with the purpose of guarding a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the west. Alternative forms and spellings include: Kal'at instead of Qal'at , the prefix as- instead of al- , and Subayba , Subaybah and Subeibeh in place of Subeiba . The area is under Israeli occupation and administration since 1967 together with the adjacent Golan Heights. The international community sees the area as Syrian territory.
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Medieval fortress situated in the Golan Heights Nimrod Fortress The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod Castle ( Arabic : قلعة الصبيبة Qal'at al-Subeiba , "Castle of the Large Cliff", later Qal'at Namrud , "Nimrod's Castle"; Hebrew : מבצר נמרוד , Mivtzar Nimrod , "Nimrod's Fortress") is a castle built by the Ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the Mamluks , situated on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon , on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level. It overlooks the Golan Heights and was built with the purpose of guarding a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the west. Alternative forms and spellings include: Kal'at instead of Qal'at , the prefix as- instead of al- , and Subayba , Subaybah and Subeibeh in place of Subeiba . The association of the fortress with the biblical king, mighty warrior and hunter Nimrod , who entered post-koranic Islamic interpretive literature as Nimrud, came from the Druze, who only settled in the area in the 19th century. The area is under Israeli occupation and administration since 1967 together with the adjacent Golan Heights. The international community sees the area as Syrian territory. "Site-Seeing: Nimrod: A Golan fortress fit for a giant" , Bible History Daily , 14 November 2018.
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ancient fortress situated in the northern golan heights
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castle built by the ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the mamluks
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