Le Destroit

Le Destroit is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE, located on the Mediterranean shore near a site where they later built the Chateau Pelerin castle, today close to the modern town of , .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Atlit camp and Pelegrin Fortress.

Museum
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The Atlit detainee camp was an internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the , 20 kilometres south of . is situated 620 metres northeast of Le Destroit.

Archaeological site
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Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of on the northern coast of , about 13 kilometres south of . is situated 1¼ km west of Le Destroit.

Archaeological site
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is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of , Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the coast. is situated 1¼ km west of Le Destroit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atlit and Megadim.

Town
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is a coastal town located south of , . The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the of Israel. Off the coast of is a submerged Neolithic village.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located on the Mediterranean coast near and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,215. is situated 2½ km northeast of Le Destroit.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located around twenty kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 301. is situated 3½ km southwest of Le Destroit.

Le Destroit

Latitude
32.70773° or 32° 42′ 28″ north
Longitude
34.9461° or 34° 56′ 46″ east
Open location code
8G4PPW5W+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1456975448
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1809843
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Le Destroit” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة دوستري”
  • Dutch: “Le Destroit”
  • French: “tour du Détroit”
  • French: “Tour du Détroit”
  • German: “Le Destroit”
  • Hebrew: “חורבת קרתא”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר דטרוא”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Limor lookout and SPT Studio Fitness.

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