Crusader Atlas

Le Destroit

Also known as Casel Destretz, le Destrott, Destrictium, Petra Inctsa, Le Destroit, H. Qarta

Tower or smaller fortified site Israel Le Destroit, Israel
Le Destroit

Le Destroit — 'the narrow place' — was a small Templar road-station castle just south of Atlit, guarding the coast road where it squeezes between the sea and a sandstone ridge. Built in the twelfth century, it included rock-cut stables, reservoirs and a tower on a battered base. It was deliberately slighted in 1220 when the Templars moved their operations to the much larger castle at Atlit.

Coordinates: 32.7047°, 34.9410°

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