Toron Castle

Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in , was a major Crusader castle, built in the mountains on the road from Tyre to . The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle ruin
  • Also known as: “Toron”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tibnin and As-Sultaniyah.

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is a municipality spread across several hills located about 25 km east of , in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel".

Village
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is a municipality in the , in southern , located just north of . It was earlier called el Yehudiyeh.

Village
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, also spelt Brashit, is a municipality located in the Nabatiye Governorate, in the of southern Lebanon, ca. 3.5 kilometres southeast of and about 80 kilometres from . is situated 3½ km southeast of Toron Castle.

Toron Castle

Latitude
33.19538° or 33° 11′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.41241° or 35° 24′ 45″ east
Open location code
8G5Q5CW6+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 348403832
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q681554
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Toron Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة تبنين”
  • Arabic: “قلعة تورون”
  • Catalan: “Toron dels Cavallers”
  • Czech: “Toron des Chevaliers”
  • Czech: “Toron”
  • Czech: “Toronské panství”
  • Dutch: “Toron”
  • French: “Toron des chevaliers”
  • French: “Toron des Chevaliers”
  • Georgian: “ტორონის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Toron”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת האבירים”
  • Hebrew: “טורון דה שבאליה”
  • Hebrew: “טורון”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר טורון”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת טורון”
  • Hebrew: “קלעת תבנין”
  • Hebrew: “תורון”
  • Italian: “Toron”
  • Japanese: “トロン家”
  • Persian: “قلعه تورون”
  • Polish: “Toron”
  • Russian: “Замок Торон”
  • Russian: “Торон”
  • Spanish: “Toron”
  • Spanish: “Torón”
  • Turkish: “Tibnin Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Toron Kalesi”
  • Turkish: “Toron”
  • Ukrainian: “Торон”

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Highlights include Tibnine Governmental Hospital and St. Georges Greek Melkite Church.

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