🌲 Belvoir Fortress

Israel · Asia · National Park · 32.60°N, 35.52°E

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 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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Quick facts

Country	Israel
Continent / region	Asia
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	32.60°N, 35.52°E · view on map

Belvoir Fortress is a national park in Israel, in Asia. The details of why Belvoir Fortress is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Israel

Castel National Park · Ramat Gan National Park · Saint Peter Church, Capernaum · Mount Arbel · Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve · Sepphoris · Tel Be'er Sheva · Migdal Afek · Nahal Taninim · Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve.

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