Chastelet | Vadum Jacob | ﻘﺼﺮ ﺍﻠﻋﺛﺮﻩ Qasr El'Athra (fortress of failure) מצד עתרת Metsad Ateret
Remains of a crusader fortress built from October 1178 until March 1179. The cost of cutting the stones was 80,000 golden dinars, it is said that Saladin himself offered 100,000 dinars if the crusaders do not build it. The castle was maintained by the Templers, the masters of Safad on the east, and was built at a strategic point at the passage of the Jordan river. The crusaders never saw it finished. In the spring the fight between the crusaders and Saladin renewed, following a raid by the Crusaders on Muslim shepherds near Banias further north. On 25/08/1179 the army of Saladin appeared in front of the fort. Other forces were sent to the Galilee to set havoc. On 30 of August, five days after the beginning of the siege, an underground tunnel that was dug was big enough. Wood was placed and set on fire in the tunnel, and the roof collapsed with the tower of the fortress on top. Some 1000 people were in the fortress, most were slaghtered on the spot and some on their way to Damascus. Saladin stayed to eversee the destruction work carried out and finished.
Chastelet | Vadum Jacob | ﻘﺼﺮ ﺍﻠﻋﺛﺮﻩ Qasr El'Athra (fortress of failure) מצד עתרת Metsad Ateret
Remains of a crusader fortress built from October 1178 until March 1179. The cost of cutting the stones was 80,000 golden dinars, it is said that Saladin himself offered 100,000 dinars if the crusaders do not build it. The castle was maintained by the Templers, the masters of Safad on the east, and was built at a strategic point at the passage of the Jordan river. The crusaders never saw it finished. In the spring the fight between the crusaders and Saladin renewed, following a raid by the Crusaders on Muslim shepherds near Banias further north. On 25/08/1179 the army of Saladin appeared in front of the fort. Other forces were sent to the Galilee to set havoc. On 30 of August, five days after the beginning of the siege, an underground tunnel that was dug was big enough. Wood was placed and set on fire in the tunnel, and the roof collapsed with the tower of the fortress on top. Some 1000 people were in the fortress, most were slaghtered on the spot and some on their way to Damascus. Saladin stayed to eversee the destruction work carried out and finished.