Beaufort Castle
Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about 1 kilometre to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun.- Type: Castle
- Description: crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
- Also known as: “Beaufort Castle, Lebanon”, “Belfort”, “Chaqif Arnoûn”, “Chateau de Beaufort”, “Qal‘at ash Shaqīf”, “Shaqif Arnun”, and “قلعة شقيف أرنون”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arnoun and Yohmor.
Arnoun
Village
Arnoun is a municipality 7 kilometres south-east of Nabatieh, in Nabatieh Governorate, southern Lebanon. The village is located approximately 8 kilometres from the Israeli border.
Yohmor
Village
Yohmor is a municipality in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. It is located about 8 km from the town of Nabatieh. It lies above the bend of the Litani River, north of the lower Litani and west of the upper Litani. Beaufort Castle is located on the east side of the village.
Deir Mimas
Village
Deir Mimas is a municipality 88 km south of Beirut in Lebanon. Named in honor of Saint Mamas, the town overlooks the Litani River and the medieval Beaufort Castle to the west and the snow-capped summits of Mount Hermon to the east. Deir Mimas is situated 3 km southeast of Beaufort Castle.
Beaufort Castle
- Categories: crusader castle, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mohafazat Nabatîyé, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.32444° or 33° 19′ 28″ northLongitude
35.53208° or 35° 31′ 56″ eastElevation
690 metres (2,264 feet)Open location code
8G5Q8GFJ+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 165393593OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
269474Wikidata ID
Q476801
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Beaufort Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة الشقيف”
- Armenian: “Բոֆորի բերդ”
- Basque: “Beaufort gaztelua”
- Catalan: “castell de Beaufort”
- Catalan: “Castell de Beaufort”
- Cebuano: “Qalaat esh Shqif”
- Chinese: “博福爾城堡”
- Chinese: “博福特城堡”
- Czech: “Beaufort”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Belfort”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة الشقيف”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Beaufort”
- French: “forteresse de Beaufort”
- French: “Forteresse de Beaufort”
- German: “Burg Beaufort”
- German: “Château de Beaufort”
- German: “Qala’At Ash-Shqif”
- Hebrew: “בופור”
- Indonesian: “Puri Beaufort, Lebanon”
- Indonesian: “Puri Beaufort”
- Italian: “castello di Beaufort”
- Italian: “Castello di Beaufort”
- Japanese: “ビューフォート城”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beaufortborgen”
- Norwegian: “Beaufortborgen”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Beaufort”
- Romanian: “Belfort”
- Romanian: “Castelul Beaufort”
- Romanian: “Fortăreața Beaufort”
- Romanian: “Shaqif Arnun”
- Russian: “Бофор”
- Spanish: “castillo de Beaufort”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Beaufort”
- Swedish: “Beaufort, Libanon”
- Swedish: “Qalaat esh Shqif”
- Turkish: “Belfort Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Бофор (замок)”
- Ukrainian: “Бофор”
- Yiddish: “באפאר”
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