Israel · 12th century
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, lit. 'Star of the Jordan') and Kawkab al-Hawa (Arabic: كوكب الهوا, lit. 'Star of the Wind'), is a Crusader castle in northern Israel, on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau, on the edge of Lower Galilee 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the Sea of Galilee. Gilbert of Assailly, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, began construction of the castle in 1168. The castle ruin is located in Belvoir National Park, officially Kochav HaYarden National Park. It is the best-preserved Crusader castle in Israel.
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Belvoir Fortress ranks #880 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #7 of the 23 mapped in Israel. Founded 1168, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,758 times in the last 60 days, more than 86% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Afula, 22 km away. It is one of the 106 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. It is stop 6 of 7 on the Crusader castles of the Levant, the Syrian coast to southern Jordan. See how Israel compares in the castle statistics.
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