The ruins of the Crusader Castle in Ateret lie on a hill south of Bnot Yaakov Bridge, on the western bank of the Jordan River. Excavations have not yet been held here but according to historical sources the castle was built some time between October 1178 and April 1179. Only four months upon completing the castle and settling it, Saladin attacked and ruined it, making it the site that existed for the shortest period of time in Israeli history.
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