What was Nimrod Fortress used for?

Asked 3 years ago

I was looking at the sights in Israel when I came across Nimrod Fortress. What was it used for? Was it a prison or a medieval castle?

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Osasere Okunloye

Saturday, January 08, 2022

It was a castle built in the Middle Ages or the Crusaders era. It was built to guard a major access route to Damascus against armies coming from the west. Some pieces of literature say that the crusaders built the Fortress, while other literature and archaeologists claim that although the Crusaders held the castle for a while, they were not responsible for building or expanding it. These pieces of literatures credit Ismali'is for building it and Malik el-Aziz Uthman for expanding it.