Montfort Castle
Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south of the border with Lebanon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruined crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Qalaat el Qourein”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goren Park and Manot Cave.
Manot Cave
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manot Cave is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008. It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old. Manot Cave is situated 3½ km west of Montfort Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goren and Mitzpe Hila.
Goren
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goren is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Western Galilee near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 428.
Mitzpe Hila
Village
Mitzpe Hila or simply Hila is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee hills near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 516.
Eilon
Village
Photo: ברי’א, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eilon is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located a mile south of the Lebanese border and six miles east of the Mediterranean coast, the kibbutz is situated in the Western Galilee on a ridge between two streams, Nahal Betzet and Nahal Kziv.
Montfort Castle
- Categories: spur castle, crusader castle, castle ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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”
- Spanish: “Montfort”
- Turkish: “Montfort Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Монфор”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Montfort”
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