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The Mseilha Fort () also known as "Puy du Connétable" is a medieval fortification situated north of the city of Batroun in Lebanon. The current fort was built by Emir Fakhreddine II in the 17th century to guard the route from Tripoli to Beirut. The fort is built on a long, narrow limestone rock near the Nahr el-Jawz River. Its walls are constructed with small sandstone blocks quarried from the nearby coast and built onto the edge of the limestone rock. The thickness of the walls ranges from 1.5 to 2 meters (4 to 6.5 feet). The larger limestone blocks are the only remains of an earlier structure probably built for the same defensive reason.

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  • Mseilha Fort
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  • The Mseilha Fort () also known as "Puy du Connétable" is a medieval fortification situated north of the city of Batroun in Lebanon. The current fort was built by Emir Fakhreddine II in the 17th century to guard the route from Tripoli to Beirut. The fort is built on a long, narrow limestone rock near the Nahr el-Jawz River. Its walls are constructed with small sandstone blocks quarried from the nearby coast and built onto the edge of the limestone rock. The thickness of the walls ranges from 1.5 to 2 meters (4 to 6.5 feet). The larger limestone blocks are the only remains of an earlier structure probably built for the same defensive reason.
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Built
  • Site occupied since Roman times. Buildings of the present castle date from the 13th to 17th centuries
Architecture
  • Crusader Fort
Name
  • Mseilha Fort
Caption
  • The Mseilha fort dominates the Nahr El Jawz valley from atop its rocky spur, as seen here from the south
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  • Lebanon
Native language
  • Arabic
Governing body
  • Directorate General of Antiquities
native name
  • قلعة المسيلحة
Latitude
  • 34(xsd:double)
designation1 type
  • Cultural
Longitude
  • 35(xsd:double)
Location
  • Batroun, Lebanon
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  • The Mseilha Fort () also known as "Puy du Connétable" is a medieval fortification situated north of the city of Batroun in Lebanon. The current fort was built by Emir Fakhreddine II in the 17th century to guard the route from Tripoli to Beirut. The fort is built on a long, narrow limestone rock near the Nahr el-Jawz River. Its walls are constructed with small sandstone blocks quarried from the nearby coast and built onto the edge of the limestone rock. The thickness of the walls ranges from 1.5 to 2 meters (4 to 6.5 feet). The larger limestone blocks are the only remains of an earlier structure probably built for the same defensive reason.
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