The remains of the fortress can be seen behind the sign
Translation of the text on the sign:
The fortress of the Crusader city - Arsur The Crusader city of Arsur, conquered by the Muslims in 1101 CE, was the capital of the feudal senora (district), which stretched across southern Sharon. Construction of the city fortress began in 1241 CE, and it served as the seat of the senor (ruler of the district). The fort protected the city and the harbor and was built on two floors (the plan of the second floor is unknown). Due to a threat from the Mamluks, the senior, John of Ibelin, in 1261 CE, transferred the rights to the seniors, the city and the fortress to the Order of Hospitallers. The Hospitallers were members of a Christian-military order, of whom several hundred soldiers lived in the fortress, who guarded the city and access to the port.
During the siege of the Mamluk Sultan Baibars and his great army, in the spring of 1265 CE, about two thousand of the citys men and soldiers gathered inside the fortress. The city fell after forty days of fighting, and after another three days the fortress also fell. Baibars forced the Crusader soldiers to destroy the city and fortress walls and burn them down. Thus the place was destroyed and no longer established.
You are in the courtyard of the fort, which is 28 m long and 10 m wide.
From the courtyard please go to the surrounding rooms, and go up to the second floor.
[The following illustrations appear on the sign]
Seal of the Order of the Hospitallers
Diagram of the rulers of Apollonia on the timeline
[And at the bottom of the sign]
The John of Ibelin seal - the crusader Arsors senior
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