Deir Kifa Castle

Also known as Maron Castle, Qal'at Deir Kifa

Sprawling 17,000-m² Crusader castle with 12-metre walls, seven towers, 365 wells, four springs, and extensive subterranean cellars and stables — one of the largest surviving plan castles of southern Lebanon. Tradition associates its renovation with a French commander called Miron, hence the alternate name 'Maron Castle'. Levelled by Sultan Qalawun in 1289 and partially restored in the mid-eighteenth century by Sheikh Abbas al-Nassar al-Waeli.

Coordinates: 33.2372°, 35.3775°

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