Latrun — Toron des Chevaliers

Also known as Toron des Chevaliers/de los Caballeros, Toronum Militum, al-Natrun

Built by the Templars in the mid-twelfth century as 'Toron des Chevaliers', Latrun guarded the main road from the coastal plain to Jerusalem. A large quadrangular castle with a talus, portcullised gate, outer ward and stables, it was lost to Saladin after Hattin in 1187 and only briefly reoccupied during the Third Crusade before passing permanently out of Frankish hands a few years later. The medieval ruins share the hill with a nineteenth-century Trappist monastery.

Coordinates: 31.8358°, 34.9849°

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