nimrod's fortress,qalaat namrud,castle of the large cliff,mivtzar nimrod, golan heights israel

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water reservoir. The Nimrod Fortress or Nimrod's Fortress, or Qala'at Namrud‎, "Castle of the Large Cliff"; is a medieval fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights, on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level. the fortress was built circa1229 by nephew of saladin,al aziz uthman as defence of damascus ,after the moslem conquest of akko it fell into disrepair and was eventually used by the ottoman turks as a luxurious prison for exiled ottoman nobles

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