the montfort castle Israel
view of the castle of montfort with the toppled southern wall in the of a fortress built by crusaders during the times of the kingdom of by the de milly family to the teutonic knights,hence its germanic name "starkenberg".eventually after the third crusade it became their forced the knights to leave and return to acco and finally to venice. Montfort is a spur castle on a narrow ridge projecting from a larger hill. The defences are concentrated at the most vulnerable eastern side where the spur joins the hill. On that side there are two ditches in front of a large D-shaped tower. The entrance to the castle is on the opposite side, with a smaller entrance tower guarding it. As the top of the spur is quite narrow, the main residential buildings are arranged in sequence between these two towers along the top of the ridge, with the vaulted hall the most notable one. On the northern side, there are remnants of an outer defensive wall.
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Location: upper galilee Israel
Photo credit: © moris kushelevitch / Alamy / Afripics
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