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Israel, Caesarea Maritima – Crusader Monuments

adminT — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:27:48 +0000

Caesarea was taken by Baldwin I in the wake of the First Crusade, in 1101. Baldwin sent a message to emir of Caesarea, demanding him to surrender the city or face a siege, but the Muslims refuse. On May 2, 1101, Baldwin began sieging the city with trebuchets. After fifteen days of resistance, the Crusader army broke through the defenses. Like in Jerusalem in 1099, the Crusaders proceeded to slaughter a portion of the male populace, enslave the women and children and loot the city. Baldwin spared the emir and qadi for a hefty ransom. Baldwin appointed a cleric veteran of the First Crusade, also named Baldwin, as the new Latin archbishop of Caesarea

Israel, Caesarea Maritima – Crusader Church

adminT — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:18:48 +0000

Israel, Ascalon Ancient City

adminT — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:46:25 +0000

Israel, Ascalon (Ashkelon) – Excavation Area

adminT — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:40:02 +0000

Israel, Ascalon (Ashkelon) – Ancient Well

adminT — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:23:30 +0000

Israel, Ascalon (Ashkelon) – Ancient Walls

adminT — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:18:13 +0000

Israel, Achziv (Casale Huberti, Az-Zeeb)

adminT — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:28:11 +0000

In Crusader sources in 1123 as a village belonging to Hubert of Pacy. In 1146, the Crusaders established a settlement there protected by a castle and named “Casale Huberti” and sometimes still as “Casal Humberti”. Under Baldwin III, European farmers settled there sometime before 1153.

In 1232 it was the site of the Battle of Casal Imbert between German and French Crusaders as part of the War of the Lombards. In 1253 King Henry gave the whole estate of Casal Imbert to John of Ibelin. Shortly after, in 1256, John of Ibelin leased Az-Zeeb and all its dependant villages to the Teutonic Order for 10 years. In 1261, the whole estate was sold to the Teutonic Order, in return for an annual sum for as long as Acrewas in Christian hands. In 1283 the village was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders, according to the hudna (truce) between the Crusaders in Acre and the Mamluk sultan QalawunThe Arab village of Az-Zeeb was established during the later Mamluk period with the houses erected using the stones of the destroyed Crusader castle; and thrived throughout the Ottoman rule. There are descriptions of the castle and village by Arab chroniclers in the 12th and 13th centuries, just prior to and during the rule of the Mamluks in the region.

Israel, Haifa, Nahal Siach Carmelite Monastery

adminT — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:09:31 +0000

Nahal Siach Carmelite monastery, Half way down are archeological remnants of a monastery that was set up by the Carmelite order back in the 13th century. This was the original site where some Christian hermits and monks during the Crusader period wanting to identify with the biblical prophet Elijah (Elias) decided to settle. Indeed it was on the Carmel that Elijah had the great contest with the priests of Baal.

Israel, Crusader Villages and Farms

adminT — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:28:55 +0000

Israel, Mount Tabor, Church of the Transfiguration

adminT — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:25:51 +0000

The architect was Antonio Barluzzi. It was built on the ruins of a Byzantine (4th-6th century) church and a 12th century church of the Crusader Kingdom period. The church contains three grottoes belonging to the Crusader church. They were described by Jonas Korte, a publisher from Eldena, as ‘three chapels, with a small altar. They are called tabernacles, and they are said to represent the three huts which Peter desired to build, one for his Master (Jesus) the other two for Moses and Elias (Elijah)’.