Cafarlet

Cafarlet or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav , , on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tel Dor and Dor Habonim Beach.

Archaeological site
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or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj in Arabic, is an archaeological site located on the of the Mediterranean Sea next to modern moshav , about 30 kilometers south of , and 2.5 kilometers west of . is situated 2½ km southwest of Cafarlet.

Parking area
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is a parking area, which is situated 1 km northwest of Cafarlet.

Ruins
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was a Palestinian Arab village located 21 kilometers south of . Depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as a result of an Israeli military assault during Operation Shoter, the village was then completely destroyed. is situated 3 km east of Cafarlet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include HaBonim and Ein Ayala.

Village
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is a moshav shitufi in northern . Located 5 km south of and 3 km north of Kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 465.

Village
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is a semi-cooperative moshav in northern . Located at the foot of around 20 km south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,260.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,287.

Cafarlet

Latitude
32.63733° or 32° 38′ 14″ north
Longitude
34.9346° or 34° 56′ 5″ east
Open location code
8G4PJWPM+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1423925866
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q1025497
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Satellite Map

Discover Cafarlet from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Cafarlet” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر لام”
  • Dutch: “Cafarlet”
  • French: “Château de Cafarlet”
  • German: “Cafarlet”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר הבונים”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר כפרלט”
  • Turkish: “Cafarlet Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sarafand and Paradive parachuting.

Nearby Places

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