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Beaufort or Belfort (Shaqif Arnun or Qala'at al-Shaqif in Arabic) is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. There was a fortification on the site before it was captured by Fulk, King of Jerusalem, in 1139 and construction of the Crusader castle probably began soon after. Saladin captured Beaufort in 1190, but 60 years later Crusaders re-took it. In 1268 Sultan Baibars captured the castle.

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  • Beaufort Castle, Lebanon
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  • Beaufort or Belfort (Shaqif Arnun or Qala'at al-Shaqif in Arabic) is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. There was a fortification on the site before it was captured by Fulk, King of Jerusalem, in 1139 and construction of the Crusader castle probably began soon after. Saladin captured Beaufort in 1190, but 60 years later Crusaders re-took it. In 1268 Sultan Baibars captured the castle.
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Built
  • 12(xsd:integer)
map size
  • 200(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Beaufort Castle
  • Qala'at al-Shaqif
Type
  • Castle
Caption
  • The ruins of Beaufort Castle in 2005
Latitude
  • 33(xsd:double)
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  • Lebanon
Longitude
  • 35(xsd:double)
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Location
  • Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon
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  • Beaufort or Belfort (Shaqif Arnun or Qala'at al-Shaqif in Arabic) is a Crusader fortress in Nabatieh Governorate, Southern Lebanon, about to the south-south-east of the village of Arnoun. There was a fortification on the site before it was captured by Fulk, King of Jerusalem, in 1139 and construction of the Crusader castle probably began soon after. Saladin captured Beaufort in 1190, but 60 years later Crusaders re-took it. In 1268 Sultan Baibars captured the castle. The castle was named "bel fort" or "beau fort" (French for "beautiful fortress") by the Crusaders who occupied the castle in the 12th century. Its Arabic name Qala'at al-Shaqif means Castle of the High Rock (shqif is the Aramaic word for "high rock"). Beaufort provides one of the few cases where a medieval castle proved of military value and utility also in modern warfare, as its late 20th-century history shows.
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