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Nimrod Fortress

Nimrod Fortress is a 13th-century Ayyubid and Mamluk citadel on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, built to guard the route to Damascus. Discussed here as part of a post on the Mount Hermon area and the layered history of the Golan’s northern edge.

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Waterfalls at Banias
North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 3: Mount Hermon

Day 3 of our Golan Heights course: up the Mt Hermon chairlift for views into Syria and Lebanon, then the Druze tomb of Nabi Hazuri, the Nimrod Fortress, the waterfalls at Banias and a sombre stop at the Helicopters Memorial.

Jul 2013 · 3 minute read
View over the Golan Heights from Mount Hermon Nabi Hazuri View over the Hula Valley from the Nimrod Fortress Waterfalls at Banias Helicopters Memorial
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