Montfort Castle

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Montfort Castle is a 13th-century Crusader fortress in northern Israel, notable for its strategic hilltop location and well-preserved medieval military architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Montfort Castle canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Crusader castle ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Qalʿat al-Qurayn ⓘ
Starkenberg ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
architecturalType hill castle ⓘ
builtFor Teutonic Order ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledBy Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ
Teutonic Order ⓘ
coordinateLocation 33.024°N 35.275°E ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
currentStatus ruin ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1271 ⓘ
destroyedBy Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
hasPart cisterns ⓘ
gatehouse ⓘ
inner ward ⓘ
keep ⓘ
outer wall ⓘ
towers ⓘ
heritageDesignation National park of Israel ⓘ
nature reserve ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
knownFor strategic hilltop location ⓘ
views over Nahal Kziv valley ⓘ
well-preserved medieval military architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Nahal Kziv nature reserve ⓘ
Northern District, Israel ⓘ
Upper Galilee ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Nahal Kziv nature reserve ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Israel Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Ma'alot-Tarshiha ⓘ
Mi'ilya ⓘ
Nahal Kziv ⓘ
linked to: Nahal Snir
locatedOn hilltop ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
nameInArabic قلعة القرين ⓘ
nameInHebrew מבצר מונפור ⓘ
occupant Teutonic Knights ⓘ
linked to: Teutonic Order
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Crusader fortifications in the Holy Land ⓘ
region Galilee ⓘ
significantEvent siege by Mamluk forces ⓘ
startDate c. 1220s ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedAs administrative center ⓘ
fortified residence ⓘ
headquarters of the Teutonic Order in the Holy Land ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crusader architecture → hasNotableExample → Montfort Castle ⓘ
Mi'ilya → hasHistoricalSite → Montfort Castle ⓘ
Mi'ilya → nearbyHistoricalSite → Montfort Castle ⓘ