Middle East
Israel
Northern District

Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden and Kawkab al-Hawa, is a Crusader castle in northern , on a hill on the eastern edge of the Issachar Plateau, on the edge of 20 kilometres south of the .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: crusader castle in Israel
  • Also known as: “Belvoir”, “Belvoir Fortress”, “Belwar”, “Cochav HaYarden‏”, “Kauab el-Hawa”, “Kochab el-Hawa”, “Kochav Hajarden”, “Kohav Hayarden”, “Kokhav HaYarden”, “Kokhav-Hayarden”, “Star of the Jordan”, and “Star of the Wind”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kokhav Hayarden Pumped Storage Power Station and Gesher.

Power station
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station near Belvoir Castle in , . is situated 2 km east of Belvoir Castle.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site located on the southern bank of , near in the central Jordan Valley of . It bears signs of occupation from two periods, the very early Neolithic and the Middle Bronze Age. is situated 3½ km east of Belvoir Castle.

Ruins
Jabbul, is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village located 7 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade. is situated 3½ km south of Belvoir Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Ur and Gesher.

Village
Photo: Matanya, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern . Located in the on the and to the south of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 447. is situated 3 km east of Belvoir Castle.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northeastern . Founded in 1939 by Jewish refugees from , it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. is situated 4 km northeast of Belvoir Castle.

Village
is a moshav in northern . Located in the about eight kilometres north of , adjacent to , it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. As of 2023 it had a population of 598. is situated 5 km southeast of Belvoir Castle.

Belvoir Castle

Latitude
32.59558° or 32° 35′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.52151° or 35° 31′ 17″ east
Elevation
299 metres (981 feet)
Open location code
8G4QHGWC+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 121527147
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
294447
Wiki­data ID
Q1010980
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Belvoir Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كوكب الهوا”
  • Arabic: “قلعه كوكب الهوا”
  • Armenian: “Բելվուարի բերդ”
  • Catalan: “fortalesa de Belvoir”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa de Belvoir”
  • Cebuano: “Kokhav HaYarden”
  • Czech: “Belvoir”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Belfort”
  • French: “forteresse de Belvoir”
  • French: “Forteresse de Belvoir”
  • French: “Kokhav ha Yarden”
  • Georgian: “ბელვუარის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Belvoir”
  • German: “Burg Belvoir”
  • German: “Kreuzritterburg Belvoir”
  • Hebrew: “Kaukab el Hāwā”
  • Hebrew: “Kūkab el Hāwā”
  • Hebrew: “בלואר”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאומי כוכב הירדן”
  • Hebrew: “יפה נוף”
  • Hebrew: “כאוכב אל-הווא”
  • Hebrew: “כוכב אל הוא”
  • Hebrew: “כוכב הירדן”
  • Hebrew: “כוכב הרוחות”
  • Hebrew: “קוקט”
  • Hebrew: “שאטו בלוואר”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Belvoir”
  • Japanese: “ベルヴォア砦”
  • Polish: “Belvoir (twierdza)”
  • Polish: “Belvoir”
  • Romanian: “Fortăreața Belvoir”
  • Russian: “Бельвуар (крепость)”
  • Russian: “Бельвуар”
  • Slovak: “Kochav ha-Jarden”
  • Slovak: “Pevnosť Belvoir”
  • Spanish: “Belvoir”
  • Spanish: “Estrella del Jordán”
  • Spanish: “fortaleza de Belvoir”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Belvoir”
  • Turkish: “Belvoir”
  • Ukrainian: “Бельвуар (фортеця)”

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