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Chastelet

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Chastelet also known as Beytulahzan was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel. The castle was built during the Crusades by the Knights Templar and the forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem but was destroyed by the army of Saladin in 1179.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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