Montfort Castle

Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the region in northern , about 22 miles northeast of the city of and 10 miles south of the border with .
Wikipedia
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 280 metres (919 feet)
  • Description: ruined crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel
  • Also known as
    “Metsudat Monfor”
    “Qalaat el Qourein”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Goren Park and Manot Cave.

Forest
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is a forest.

Cave
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is a cave in Western Galilee, , discovered in 2008. is situated 3½ km west of Montfort Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goren and Mitzpe Hila.

Village
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is a moshav in northern .

Village
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or simply Hila is a community settlement in northern .

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern .

Montfort Castle

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Latitude
33.04438° or 33° 2′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.22603° or 35° 13′ 34″ east
Open location code
8G5Q26VG+QC
Geo­Names ID
294157
Wiki­data ID
Q14201945

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Montfort Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة المنتفورت”
  • Armenian: “Մոնֆորի բերդ”
  • Bulgarian: “Монфор”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Montfort”
  • Cebuano: “Monfor”
  • Chinese: “蒙福爾城堡”
  • Czech: “Montfort”
  • Danish: “Montfortborgen”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Montfort”
  • French: “Franc-Chastiau”
  • French: “Montfort”
  • French: “Qalaat al-Qarn”
  • French: “Starkenberg”
  • Georgian: “მონფორის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Burg Montfort”
  • German: “Burg Starkenberg”
  • German: “Montfort”
  • German: “Qal’at Qurein”
  • Hebrew: “המונפור”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר המונפור”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר המונפורט”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר מונפור”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר מונפורט”
  • Hebrew: “מונפור”
  • Hebrew: “מונפורט”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת מונפור”
  • Hungarian: “Franc-Chastiau”
  • Hungarian: “Kalat-al-karejn”
  • Hungarian: “Montfort vára”
  • Hungarian: “Montfort-i vár”
  • Hungarian: “Qal’at Qurein”
  • Hungarian: “Qalaat al-Qarn”
  • Hungarian: “Starkenberg”
  • Japanese: “モンフォール城”
  • Persian: “مونتفورت (دژ)”
  • Persian: “مونتفورت”
  • Polish: “Montfort”
  • Polish: “Starkenburg”
  • Polish: “Zamek krzyżowców Montfort”
  • Polish: “Zamek Montfort”
  • Russian: “Монфор”
  • Slovenian: “grad Montfort”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Montfort”
  • Spanish: “Montfort”
  • Turkish: “Montfort Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монфор”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Montfort”

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