Mousaylaha
| Mousaylaha | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Mseilha; Castrum constabularii; Puy du Connétable; Le Puy | |
| Creation time : | around 1109 | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Barons | |
| Place: | Batrun | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 16 '25.7 " N , 35 ° 41' 24.3" E | |
| Height: | 50 m | |
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The castle Mseilha Fort ( Arabic مسيلحة, DMG Musaylaḥa in the Lebanese dialect Mseilḥa ) is a former crusader castle in today's Lebanon .
location
The castle is located around three kilometers northeast of Batrun on the coast road from Beirut to Tripoli .
history
The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1109. The crusaders erected it in the level, mountain-surrounded Nahr El Jawz valley on a single rock spur, probably on the ruins of an ancient fortification. The lords of the castle provided the constables of the County of Tripoli , the crusaders named the castle after them Puy du Connétable (lat. Castrum Constabularii ) - "Castle (mountain) of the constable".
The castle was the center of Le Puy lordship in Tripoli County. It bordered the Batrun rule to the south and the Nephin rule to the north . The castle was finally conquered by the Egyptian Mamluks around 1278 .
In the 17th century it was rebuilt and re- fortified by the emir of the Druze emirate, Fakhreddin II, as a protective castle of the coastal road and defensive castle during his rebellion against the supremacy of the Ottoman Empire . Today it is empty, but it is well preserved. It is freely accessible and not a museum.
Web links
- maxime.goepp.free.fr (French)