Excursions

Belvoir - the Hospitaller fortress on the hill as the farewell song of the greatest Muslim leader Salah ad-Din. Mount Gilboa is the site of the last battle of the first king of Israel. By whom is this mountain cursed and why? Zichron Yaakov - how Romanian Jews fought and their children influenced the ...

In the 12th century, the French nobleman Velos found himself in the Jordan River Valley, on the Naftali Plateau, 20 kilometers south of the Sea of Galilee. He initiated the construction of a fortress, which was later named Belvoir. The architectural style featured symmetrical structures, with each wall ...