Safed Castle

Also known as Saphet

The Templar castle of Safed, on a steep hill above the old upper-Galilee town of the same name, was one of the largest and most ambitious Crusader fortifications ever built. Reconstructed on a grand scale between 1240 and 1260 by the Templars, it had an oval concentric plan measuring roughly 120 by 280 metres. Baybars captured it in 1266 after a long siege and the surrender terms were infamously broken: the defenders who had been promised safe passage were executed en masse. Only fragments of its walls remain.

Coordinates: 32.9647°, 35.4960°

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