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Nimrod Castle
Medieval fortress situated in the Golan Heights / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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.
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Nimrod Fortress | |
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قلعة الصبيبة מבצר נמרוד | |
Golan Heights | |
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Coordinates | 33.252778°N 35.714722°E / 33.252778; 35.714722 |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | April–September: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. October–March: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
Site history | |
Built | Early structure : Hellenistic period (up to 30 AD)/Byzantine period (4th to 7th century AD) Late structure : Ayyubid period (12th and 13th century Between 1229 and 1290[1] |
Built by | Early structure : Unknown Late structure :Al-Aziz Uthman |
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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.[2]
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.