What on the Site
The fortress is located up the street Donna Grazia parallel to the main street called Al-Hound who was the first mayor of Tiberias.
The fort stands in the northwestern part of the Old City on a natural hill, traveling about 50 meters and immediately after the gas station to the right and start the tour from the Citadel.
The fort was built in 1745, by the first son of Darhar to Omar the governor of the Galilee, hence the name of the fortress: the Castle of Chouli or the Castle of Tiberias.
The fortress and the buildings of the city began to rebuild Dahr himself in the 1930s, the fortress was built in the buildings of the enragment characterized by the area because the building was in a charming style, to remember the origin of the experts to the riots who did not use European architects, they combined the stones hidden from the entire area, can be seen in the eastern wall when the sun was thrown over the walls of the temple.
In 1837, an earthquake passed on the city, and its large part was destroyed, the city walls fell and the fortress was damaged, after the earthquake was restored to the fortress and its remains we see.
When the building of the wall was also built a palace that was adjacent to the wall (though it is called the Byzantine fortress it is not the Byzantine fortress.
The remains of the Byzantine fortress can be seen in the square in the Old Jewish Quarter, where synagogues can be seen only the remains of the southern entrance gate and towers.
When standing in the northern part of the castle wall, the occupiers in the Spanish School of Elias are now located and which was built in 1925.
How to get
The place is on Donna Gracia Street in Tiberias.
Address: Donna Gracia Street, Tiberias
