Hi,
We used our vacation day due to 2021 election to have a short hike in Apollonia fortress.
The weather was pretty bad – it was dusty and hard to breathe. It also made it hard to see far and enjoy the view.
But we did manage enjoy a bit from the stories of the ruined crusaders’ fortress. It sits on a Kurkar cliff over the sea what gives a wonderful sight to the North and South along the shore.
More than that, it spring time, what makes everything blooms and green 🙂
Take Care
Gad
Apollonia (Tel Arshaf) – entrance signs
A beautiful blooming field, even without the ruins of the city and fortress
The outer Moat
Crusader Residential Quarter – Apollonia
A Roman Villa
Crusader Residential Building
Hatzv Yakintoni, and other beautiful flower blooming which I could not identify 
The crusader residential cisterns
Looking South (you can see Arena Hertzlia on the shore to the right)
Jannaeus was happy he could read the symbols on the sign, we stopped and read each one (They were all the same)
A lime Klin
A crusader structure on top of a Byzantine structure
The Crusader town wall
The Battle over the fortress
The fortress ruins
The fortress model that used to be here (Source: parks.org.il)
The way to the fortress now days
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Jannaeus running into the fortress
The fortress yard and a sign on Arsur, the Crusaders’ Town fortress
The Burnt room and the stone catapults thrown over by the Mamluk forces. There some 1,500 stones, the highest concentration found!
The outer fortification. On the left pic, you can see the foundation of the bridge led to the fortress.
The fortress yard. The fortress was called Arsour.
There is a podcast on the site But only in Hebrew
The Keep. It isn’t the Red Keep , but still..
The Fortress fortifications (a look from the Keep)
The artificial harbor, was ruined during the years by the force of the nature
The horses stables under the Keep
A shaft
The North hall
The kitchen
Grains storage
The grinding mill
The Dining room
Siege machines exhibition on the other side of the moat
The Siege machines: Trebuchet, Ballista, Catapult, Battering ram
Samaritan Synagogue – I must say it surprised me, I cannot see how the community living near Nablus having a synagogue here…