Nimrod Fortress

The Nimrod Fortress, also called Nimrod Castle, is a castle built by the Ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the Mamluks, situated on the southern slopes of , on a ridge rising about 800 m above sea level.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: medieval fortress situated in the occupied Golan Heights
  • Also known as: “Nimrod Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Banias and Pan Temple.

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, also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Israeli-occupied , near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. is situated 2 km west of Nimrod Fortress.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km west of Nimrod Fortress.

Peak
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Har Senaim or Senaim, is an archaeological site that sits on a peak near in the Israeli-occupied portion of the , 15 kilometres north east of and 4 kilometres from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Qiniyye and Neve Ativ.

Village
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or 'Ayn Qunya is a village in southwestern Syria, in the , in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon. The village lies at an elevation of approximately 750 metres above sea level.

Village
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, is an Israeli settlement organized as a small -styled moshav in the . Located on the slopes of , 2 kilometers west of . it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. is situated 2½ km northeast of Nimrod Fortress.

Village
is a small Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, in the on the southern slopes of , and is the highest such civilian settlement in Israeli-controlled territory at 1,110 meters above sea level. is situated 3½ km east of Nimrod Fortress.

Nimrod Fortress

Latitude
33.25273° or 33° 15′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.71488° or 35° 42′ 54″ east
Open location code
8G5Q7P37+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 679416359
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1404704
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Nimrod Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة الصبيبة”
  • Arabic: “قلعة النمرود”
  • Bulgarian: “Нимрод”
  • Catalan: “Subayba”
  • Czech: “Nimrod”
  • Danish: “Nimrodsborgen”
  • French: “forteresse de Nimrod”
  • French: “Forteresse de Nimrod”
  • German: “Burg Nimrod”
  • German: “imrodsburg”
  • German: “Nimrod-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Nimrod”
  • German: “Nimrodsburg”
  • German: “Qala’at al-Subeiba”
  • German: “Qalaat Nimrud”
  • German: “Subeibé”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר נמרוד”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת נמרוד”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת נמרוד”
  • Hindi: “निमरोद किला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nimrodsborgen”
  • Norwegian: “Nimrodsborgen”
  • Polish: “Nimrod”
  • Russian: “Крепость Нимрод”
  • Russian: “Нимрод”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza de Nimrod”
  • Turkish: “Nimrod”
  • Ukrainian: “Німрод”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nimrod Fortress National Park and Mivtzar Nimrod National Park.

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