Nimrod's Fortress
by Esther Newman-Cohen
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19.700 x 25.600 x 0.003 inches
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Title
Nimrod's Fortress
Artist
Esther Newman-Cohen
Medium
Drawing - Soft Pastels On Paper
Description
The Nimrod Fortress is a medieval fortress situated in the northern Golan Heights, on a ridge rising about 800 m (2600 feet) above sea level. The fortress was built around 1229 by Al-Aziz Uthman, nephew of Saladin and younger son of Al-Adil I, to preempt an attack on Damascus by participants of the Sixth Crusade. The fortress was further expanded to contain the whole ridge by 1230, and Baibars strengthened it and added larger towers after 1260. It was given to Baibars's second-in-command, Bilik who started broad construction activities. After the death of Baibars, his son arranged for Bilik to be murdered, apparently because he feared his power.
At the end of the 13th century, following the Muslim conquest of the port city of Akko (Acre) and the end of Crusader rule in the Holy Land, the fortress lost strategic value and fell into disrepair.
The Ottoman Turks conquered the land in 1517 and used the fortress as a luxury prison for Ottoman nobles who had been exiled to Palestine. The fortress was abandoned later in the 16th century and local shepherds and their flocks were the sole guests within its walls.
The fortress was ruined by an earthquake in the 18th century.
This is a signed original work drawn in soft pastels on paper.
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July 1st, 2014
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Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Anthony, for featuring this work in the Peopleless Scenic Landscape Paintings Group!
Esther Newman-Cohen
Thanks so much, Sharon, for featuring this work in the Signature Style Art Group!