Nimrod Fortress
Hiking
- Distance
- 3.86mi
- Elevation +
- 440f
- TrailRank
- 37
The fortress was built around 1229 by Al-Aziz Uthman, nephew of Saladin and younger son of Al-Adil I, to preempt an attack on Damascus by participants of the Sixth Crusade. It was named Qala'at al-Subeiba, "Castle of the...