Montfort Castle

Also known as Qal'at al-Qurain, Qal'at al-Qarn

Montfort — 'the strong mountain' — was the headquarters of the Teutonic Order in the Holy Land from the 1220s. Perched on a narrow spur deep in Upper Galilee, with a D-shaped donjon, great hall, and multi-level vaulted ranges, it was built specifically to house the order's treasury and archives. The Mamluk sultan Baybars besieged and took it in 1271 after tunnelling under its walls. Today its dramatic ruins, reached on foot from Nahal Kziv, are one of the most picturesque Crusader sites in Israel.

Coordinates: 33.0547°, 35.2358°

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