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.
Siege of Belvoir Fortress
Relevant museums
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Umm Qais Museum
Archeological museum in Umm Qais -Jordan.
Jordan, Umm Qays -
Archeologisch museum van Amman
Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.
Jordan, Amman -
Amman, Jordan Museum
The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.
Jordan, Amman
Nearby sites
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Belvoir Fortress - Kochav HaYarden
Crusader fortress of the Knights Hospitaller [Order of the Knights of Saint John]
Israel, Nevve Ur -
Gesher
Early Neolithic and the Middle Bronze Age site.
Israel, Nevve Ur -
Milestones
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.
Israel, Bet Yosef -
Naharayim Bridge (Jisr el Majamiʽ)
Roman bridge (repaired)
Israel, Gesher