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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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 299 metres (981 feet)
  • 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”
    “Star of the Jordan”
    “Star of the Wind”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kokhav Hayarden Pumped Storage Power Station and Gesher.

Power station
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The … is situated 2 km east of Belvoir Castle.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site located on the… is situated 3½ km east of Belvoir Castle.

Ruins
Jabbul, is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village located 7 km north of Baysan. is situated 3½ km south of Belvoir Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neve Ur and Gesher.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . is situated 3 km east of Belvoir Castle.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the in northeastern . is situated 4 km northeast of Belvoir Castle.

Village
is a moshav in northern . is situated 5 km southeast of Belvoir Castle.

Belvoir Castle

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Latitude
32.59558° or 32° 35′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.52151° or 35° 31′ 17″ east
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 Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бельвуар (фортеця)”

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