One of our stops while up north in Israel was at the
Nimrod Fortress. This is a 13th-century Muslim stronghold that commanded the road to the
city of Damascus after the fall of the Crusaders. Ruins include the remains of
a spiral staircase, a secret passageway, wide halls, a huge water cistern and
watchtowers, and magnificent views of the Hula Valley, the Upper Galilee, the
Golan Heights, Mount Hermon and the mountains of Lebanon. Mark Twain called the
fortress “probably the most exquisite ruins in the world.”
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| Spiral staircase |
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