🇱🇧 Lebanon
30 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest landmark is also the most famous: Beaufort Castle (Lebanon), ranked #169 of 8,134 worldwide, 7 km south-east of the city centre. The oldest dated site in the circle is Cafarlet, founded c. 850.
The 100 km circle reaches into 3 countries — Lebanon (14), Israel (12), Syria (4).
7 km south-east · Castle · #169 worldwide
Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon,…
21 km south · Ruin
Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus.
24 km north-west · Castle
Sidon's Sea Castle was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the Holy Land.
23 km north-west · Ruin
The Castle of Saint Louis, also known as Qalaat al Muizz or the Land Castle, is a ruined castle in Sidon, Lebanon.
18 km south · Ruin
Hunin Fortress is the ruin of a Crusader fortress in present-day Israel, also known as Château Neuf and elsewhere given as Chastel Neuf.
20 km south · Ruin
Doubay Castle is a Crusader castle located near the town of Shaqra in Jabal Amel.
44 km south-west · Ruin
Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south…
26 km south-east · Fortress
The Nimrod Fortress, also called Nimrod Castle, is a castle built by the Ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the Mamluks, situated on the southern…
37 km north · Palace & château
Beiteddine Palace is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.
44 km south · Ruin
Chastelet also known as Beytulahzan was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel.
52 km north · Palace & château
Baabda Palace, is the official residence of the President of Lebanon. The palace was built in 1956 on a hill in the mountain town of Baabda…
46 km south · Ruin
The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed.
37 km north · Castle
Moussa Castle is a castle between Deir el Qamar and Beit ed-Dine in Lebanon. The 3,500 sq m castle was built by Moussa Abdel Karim Al Maamari, and…
36 km north · Palace & château
Fakhreddine II Palace is a 17th-century palace in Deir el Qamar, Chouf District, Lebanon.
26 km north-east · Fortress
The Fortress of Niha is an ancient fortress in Lebanon, first mentioned in historical records in 975 AD.
43 km south · Fortress
Birya Fortress is a fortress built by the Jewish Palmach paramilitary during the British Mandate near the Jewish village of Birya and the Arab…
58 km north · Ruin
Beirut Castle was a major Crusader castle located in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
36 km east · Fortress
The Rashaya Citadel or Citadel of Independence is a national monument, in Lebanon.
+ 2 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
73 km east · Palace & château
The People's Palace, known in English as the Presidential Palace until 2024, is the official residence of the president of Syria.
87 km south · Ruin
Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden and Kawkab al-Hawa, is a Crusader castle in northern Israel, on a hill on…
77 km east · Fortress
The Citadel of Damascus is an Ayyubid-era medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria.
78 km east · Palace & château
Al-Azm Palace is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built…
91 km south-west · Fortress
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli…
84 km north · Ruin
Byblos Castle is a Crusader castle in Byblos, Lebanon. In Crusader times it was known as the Castle of Gibelet , also spelled Giblet, which belonged…
63 km south-west · Fortress
The Hospitaller commandery of Saint-Jean-d'Acre is a monumental complex founded by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights…
97 km south-west · Ruin
Cafarlet or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type.
90 km south-west · Ruin
Le Destroit is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE,…
88 km south · Ruin
Tel Afula, Al-Fula – a Templar fortress lying in the Jezreel Valley, at the crossing of the routes from Jerusalem and Tiberias.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q26134.
The Castlemap atlas maps 30 landmarks (4 castles · 7 fortresses · 5 palaces & châteaux · 14 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Nabatieh, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Beaufort Castle (Lebanon), a castle 7 km south-east of the city centre.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Cafarlet, founded c. 850 — 97 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Sidon (23 km) · Tyre (29 km) · Beirut (57 km) · Nawa (76 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
