Cafarlet

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Cafarlet or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav HaBonim, Israel, on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of Kafr Lam. It was built in the 8th or 9th century, during the Umayyad or Abbasid period to serve as a ribat against Byzantine attacks, and was significantly modified and reused by the Crusaders. It is one of the few surviving ancient fortifications in Israel featuring round watchtowers, indicting the fortress' origins predate the crusader era. Most surviving ancient fortifications in the region feature rectangular watchtowers, typical of the style prevalent in Europe during the time of the crusaders. ()

Local name: מבצר כפרלט Coordinates: 32°38'14"N, 34°56'3"E

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Cafarlet – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: El Wad, Kebara Cave, Janco Dada Museum, Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue.

3 miNE
Cave
El Wad, Atlit
76 min walk • El Wad is an Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in Mount Carmel, Israel. The site has two components: El Wad Cave, also known as Mugharat el-Wad or HaNahal Cave; and El Wad Terrace, located immediately outside the cave.
5.5 miS
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Kebara Cave
140 min walk • Kebara Cave is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov.
5.2 miNE
Art museum, Museum
Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod
133 min walk • The Janco Dada Museum is located in Ein Hod, Israel. It is a museum that exhibits the work of Marcel Janco as well as art from the Dada movement and contemporary art too. The museum was established in 1983, by a group of Marcel Janco's friends, with the purpose of conserving the works and ideas of the sole Dadaist living in Israel.
4.5 miS
Synagogue, Gothic Revival architecture
Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov
115 min walk • Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, located in Zikhron Ya'akov, a town in the Haifa District of Israel, was established in 1886 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. Rothschild commissioned the construction the synagogue in memory of his father Jacob Mayer de Rothschild. It was completed in 1884.
4.9 miN
Forts and castles
Le Destroit
126 min walk • Le Destroit is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE, located on the Mediterranean shore near a site where they later built the Chateau Pelerin castle, today close to the modern town of Atlit, Israel.
2.9 miNE
Prehistoric site
Tabun Cave
75 min walk • The Tabun Cave is an excavated site located at Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel and is one of the Human Evolution sites at Mount Carmel, which were proclaimed as having universal value by UNESCO in 2012.
4.7 miN
Forts and castles
Château Pèlerin
120 min walk • Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit Castle and Pilgrim Castle, is a Crusader fortress located near Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about 13 kilometres south of Haifa. The Knights Templar began building the fortress in 1218 during the Fifth Crusade.
1.6 miSE
Prehistoric site
Skhul Cave
42 min walk • Es-Skhul or the Skhul Cave is a prehistoric cave site situated about 20 km south of the city of Haifa, Israel, and about 3 km from the Mediterranean Sea.
4.7 miN
Forts and castles
Atlit naval base
120 min walk • Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit.
2.6 miSE
Human cultural and biological evolution
Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve
66 min walk • The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara, named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel.
5.3 miS
Winery, Wine tours
Carmel Winery, Zikhron Ya'akov
135 min walk • Carmel Winery is a vineyard and winery in Israel. Founded in 1882 by Edmond James de Rothschild, its products are exported to over 40 countries. It is the largest winery in Israel, with a local market share of almost 50%.