Scandelion Castle

"Kal'at Sham'aa" - illustration by Dutch painter Charles William Meredith van de Velde, who travelled the region in 1851

The Scandelion Castle was built by the Crusaders in what is today South Lebanon in 1116, during the reign of Baldwin I of Jerusalem. Other sources indicate that they took the town known in medieval Arabic as Iskandarouna (Iskandaruna), called by the Crusaders Scandelion[better source needed] or Scandalion / Scandalium, in 1124. It became a strategic high ground, used to defend Tyre. The site is today at the Lebanese village of Shamaa.

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References

  1. ↑ Richard, Jean (2001) [1996]. The Crusades c. 1071-c. 1291. Cambridge University Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-521-625661. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Crusader Castles of Lebanon at thefreelibrary.com - better source needed!
  3. ↑ Pringle, D. (2009). "Iskandaruna (No. 106)". Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: An Archaeological Gazetteer. Cambridge University Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780521102636.

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