Moinetre
| Le Moinetre | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Muneïtra | |
| Creation time : | before 1109 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | not received | |
| Standing position : | Barons | |
| Place: | Munaitra | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 4 '24.6 " N , 35 ° 53' 40.6" E | |
| Height: | 1300 m | |
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Le Moinetre (also Muneïtra , Arabic قلعة المنيطرة, DMG Qalʿat al-Munaiṭira , the small observation tower ') was a crusader castle in what is now Lebanon .
location
The castle was located on a hill near the present day Munaitra , about 22 km east of the Gibelet castle .
history
The small castle was given to the Crusaders in 1109 by Tugtakin , the Atabeg of Damascus , as was Gibelacar Castle . From then on, it formed the center of the Moinetre rule in the County of Tripoli . Around 1165/1166 the castle was taken in a surprise attack by Nur ad-Din and the garrison was massacred. Around 1176 Count Raimund III conquered . from Tripoli the castle and region back again.
Today almost no remains of the castle have survived.
Web links
- maxime.goepp.free.fr (French)