Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee.
1857 sketch of Kalat Tibnin by van de Velde
Crusader castle in the village of Tebnine
View from the Toron castle
Tebnine is a Lebanese town spread across several hills located about 25 km (16 mi) east of Tyre (Lebanon), in the heart of what is known as "Jabal Amel" or the mountain of "Amel". "Jabal Amel" designates the plateau situated between the western mountain range of Lebanon and the Galilee.
Village View from The Crusader Castle in 1969
Coat of arms
al-Isfahani's description of the siege
The home of the Tebnine mayor damaged during the war.