Chastel Béroard
| Chastel Béroard | ||
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 Chastel Béroard, 2007 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Castellum Beroarti, Minat al-Qal'a, Mahuz Azdud, Horbat Ashdod Yam | |
| Creation time : | 12th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Castellans | |
| Place: | Ashdod | |
| Geographical location | 31 ° 46 '49 .6 " N , 34 ° 37' 17.6" E | |
| Height: | 1 m | |
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The Chastel Béroard (Latin: Castellum Beroart ; today's Arabic: Minat al-Qal'a (اشدود), in the Middle Ages: Mahuz Azdud ; Hebrew: Horbat Ashdod Yam ) is an Arab castle from the 10th century in today's Israel .
location
The castle is located on the southern edge of today's Ashdod on the sandy beach of the Mediterranean Sea.
history
According to archaeological research, the castle was built in the 10th century by the Muslims, probably the Fatimids .
It was first mentioned in documents in October 1106, when King Baldwin I of Jerusalem was staying there. Although only 15 km away from the strong Fatimid fortress of Askalon , the small castle, in contrast to the newly built crusader castles Ibelin , Blanche Garde and Gibelin, apparently played no role in containing the Fatimid sphere of influence. After the conquest of Askalon by the Crusaders in 1153, it served to secure the road from Ibelin to Askalon.
In 1169 a certain Nicolaus de Beroard is mentioned in a document among the knights of the Lord of Ramla , Hugo von Ibelin , who was probably castellan of Chastel Béroard.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhold Röhricht (ed.): Regesta Regni Hierosolymitani. Oeniponti, Berlin 1893, p. 124 (No. 472).
literature
- Denys Pringle: Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. To Archaeological Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press, 1997, ISBN 0521460107 , p. 73.
- Hans Wolfram Kessler / Konrad Kessler: Knights in the Holy Land: Crusader sites in Israel . Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3805345521
Web links
- maxime.goepp.free.fr (French)