Ascalon

Also known as Asqalan, Ascalon, Ashkelon

Ascalon was the last Fatimid foothold on the Palestinian coast and for fifty years after the First Crusade it remained a thorn in the kingdom's side — raiding parties from Ascalon reached the gates of Jerusalem. King Baldwin III finally captured it in 1153 after a long siege. Saladin retook it in 1187; Richard the Lionheart refortified it in 1192 with at least fourteen towers. Today a great horseshoe of Crusader and earlier walls survives in Tel Ashkelon National Park.

Coordinates: 31.6692°, 34.5436°

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