03 03 24
A view from Belvoir Fortress over the Jordan River Valley, some 12 miles south of Sea of Galilee. Belvoir was defended by about 50 Hospitaller knights and 450 soldiers. It was besieged for a year and a half by Saladin, after his victory at the battle of the Horns of Hittin. The fort was never taken or overrun, but it surrendered in 1189 after the knights were granted free passage to Tyre in Lebanon.
