Tancred's Tower

Also known as Qasr Jalud, Tower of Goliath

A massive polygonal tower at the northwest corner of Jerusalem's walls, built originally on Fatimid foundations and stormed by Tancred of Antioch in the 1099 siege — the episode from which the Crusaders took the tower's new name. Under Frankish rule it served as the principal anchor of the northern defences of the royal city, linked to the Citadel and the Tower of David. The Ayyubids partly dismantled it after 1219; Mamluks and Ottomans rebuilt over the ruins. Today only foundations survive, visible outside the Ottoman wall near the New Gate (locally 'Qasr Jalud'), with further remains beneath the adjacent Collège des Frères.

Coordinates: 31.7811°, 35.2244°

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