Following Saladin's victory over the Crusaders at the battle of the Horns of Hattin, Belvoir was besieged. The siege lasted a year and a half, until the defenders surrendered on 5 January 1189.
Location:
- Israel, Nevve Ur
- geo:32.596226,35.522785
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Class:
- Site of historic event
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=34994
- wikidata:entity=Q1010980
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Nearby
Belvoir Fortress - Kochav HaYarden
Crusader fortress of the Knights Hospitaller [Order of the Knights of Saint John]
Gesher (3 km)
Early Neolithic and the Middle Bronze Age site.
Milestones (4 km)
Five to six milestones, probably from the Roman road that led from Scythopolis to Gedara and Tiberias, were found 1 km southeast of Tel Yissakhar, east of the highway and next to a high tension wire.