Beaufort Castle

Beaufort or Belfort Castle, known locally as Qal'at al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnun, is a Crusader fortress in , , about 1 kilometre to the south-south-east of the village of .
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  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 690 metres (2,264 feet)
  • …dates from 1260
  • Description: crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
  • Also known as
    “Beaufort Castle, Lebanon”
    “Belfort”
    “Chaqif Arnoûn”
    “Chateau de Beaufort”
    “Qal’at al-Shaqif”
    “Qal‘at ash Shaqīf”
    “Shaqif Arnun”
    “قلعة شقيف أرنون”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arnoun and Yohmor.
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is a municipality 88 km south of in . is situated 3 km southeast of Beaufort Castle.

Beaufort Castle

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Latitude
33.32436° or 33° 19′ 28″ north
Longitude
35.53203° or 35° 31′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G5Q8GFJ+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165393593
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
269474
Wiki­data 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”
  • Czech: “pevnost 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”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת א-שקיף”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת ארנון”
  • Hebrew: “שקיף ארנון”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “قلعه بلفورت”
  • Persian: “قلعه بوفورت”
  • Persian: “قلعه شقیف ارنون”
  • Persian: “قلعه شقیف”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Beaufort;Castelo de Belfort”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Beaufort”
  • Romanian: “Belfort”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Beaufort”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreața Beaufort”
  • Romanian: “Shaqif Arnun”
  • Russian: “Бофор”
  • Slovak: “Hrad Beaufort”
  • Spanish: “castillo de Beaufort”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Beaufort”
  • Swedish: “Beaufort, Libanon”
  • Swedish: “Qalaat esh Shqif”
  • Turkish: “Beaufort Kalesi, Lübnan”
  • Turkish: “Belfort Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бофор (замок)”
  • Ukrainian: “Бофор”
  • Yiddish: “באפאר”

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