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Beaufort Castle, Lebanon

a Pleiades place resource

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Beaufort Castle (Qal'at al-Shaqif) is a castle dating from 1139. It served as a Crusader fortress in the twelfth century. It is located at an elevation of 700 meters above the Litani River gorge in southern Lebanon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/812828781

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
33.3243994625, 35.5321353446

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Beaufort Castle (AD 1081 - AD 1204) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- قلعة الشقيف (Qal'at al-Shaqif: Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

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Place type:
castle

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Wikidata Beaufort Castle (Q476801)

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Beaufort Castle, Lebanon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/812828781> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/812828781 |title=Places: 812828781 (Beaufort Castle, Lebanon) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 2:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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