Arsuf also known as Arsur or Apollonia, was an ancient city and fortress located in Israel, about 15 kilometres north of modern Tel Aviv, on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea. The city site, Tel Arsuf, was intensively excavated from 1994. In 2002 it became Apollonia National Park. In 1995 a new village by the name of Arsuf was established to the north of the ancient city.

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  • Arsuf war eine antike Stadt und später Kreuzfahrerstadt und Kreuzfahrerfestung im heutigen Israel, etwa 15 Kilometer nördlich von Tel Aviv.
  • Arsuf fue una antigua ciudad y fortaleza situada en Israel, a unos 15 kilómetros al norte de la actual Tel-Aviv, en lo alto de un acantilado al Mar Mediterráneo. La ubicación de la ciudad fue excavada intensamente desde 1994. En el año 2002, se abrió en este lugar el Parque Nacional de Apolonia. El Arsuf moderno es un pequeño asentamiento al norte de Apolonia habitado por 90 habitantes en un área de 25 hectáreas.
  • Arsūf, è il nome d'una località palestinese (attualmente parte dello Stato d'Israele), sita a 16 chilometri a settentrione di Giaffa, bagnata dal Mediterraneo. Il sito, Tel Arsuf, è stato scavato sistematicamente dal 1994 e nel 2002 è diventato un parco archeologico, l'Apollonia National Park.
  • Apollonia é o nome dum sítio arqueológico situado em Herzliya na região Sarom, Israel. Era uma cidade romana com uma fábrica de vidro. Grandes partes da cidade afundaram no mar.
  • Arsuf also known as Arsur or Apollonia, was an ancient city and fortress located in Israel, about 15 kilometres north of modern Tel Aviv, on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea. The city site, Tel Arsuf, was intensively excavated from 1994. In 2002 it became Apollonia National Park. In 1995 a new village by the name of Arsuf was established to the north of the ancient city. The town was settled by Phoenicians in the 6th or 5th century BC, and named Arshuf after Resheph, the Canaanite god of fertility and the underworld. It was then a part of the Persian Empire and governed from Sidon. Phoenicians of Arshuf produced precious purple dye, derived from murex mollusks, which they exported to the Aegean. During the Hellenistic period it was an anchorage town, ruled by Seleucids and re-named Apollonia, as the Greeks identified Reshef with Apollo. Under Roman rule, the size of the town increased. It was an important settlement between Jaffa and Caesarea along Via Maris, the coastal road. In 113 AD, Apollonia was destroyed partially by an earthquake, but recovered quickly. The harbor was built, and trade with Italy and North Africa developed. During the Byzantine period, the town extended to cover an area of 70 acres (280,000 m). In the 5th and 6th century AD it was the second largest city in Sharon valley, after Caesarea, populated by Christian and Samaritans, having an elaborate church and a prosperous glass industry. In 640 AD, the town was captured by Muslims, and the Semitic name Arsuf was restored. The town's area decreased to about 22 acres (89,000 m) and, for the first time, it was surrounded by a fortified wall with buttresses, to resist the constant attacks of Byzantine fleets from the sea. Large marketplaces appeared, and pottery production developed. In 809 AD, following the death of Harun al-Rashid, the local Samaritan community was destroyed and their synagogue ruined. In 1101 Arsuf fell to a Crusader army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem. The Crusaders, who called it Arsur, rebuilt the city's walls and created the Lordship of Arsur in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In 1187 Arsuf was captured by the Muslims, but fell again to the Crusaders on September 7, 1191 after a battle between Richard I of England and Saladin. John of Ibelin, Lord of Beirut (1177—1236) became Lord of Arsuf in 1207 when he married Melisende of Arsuf (born c.1170). Their son John of Arsuf (c.1211—1258) inherited the title. The title then passed to John of Arsuf's eldest son Balian of Arsuf (1239—1277). He built new walls, the big fortress and new harbor (1241). From 1261, the city was ruled by the Knights Hospitaller. In 1265 sultan Baibars, ruler of the Mamluks, captured Arsur, after 40 days of siege. The Mamluks razed the city walls and the fortress to their foundations, fearing a return of the Crusaders. The destruction was so complete that the site was abandoned. In 1596, Ottoman tax registers recorded a village there with 22 families and 4 bachelors and later a village called al-Haram existed adjacent to the ruins until it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
  • Apollonie de Palestine, aussi Arshof, Arzouf, Aser, Arsour, Sozousa, est une ville antique située dans la plaine du Sharon sur la côte méditerranéenne entre Jaffa et Césarée, en Israël.
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  • Arsuf war eine antike Stadt und später Kreuzfahrerstadt und Kreuzfahrerfestung im heutigen Israel, etwa 15 Kilometer nördlich von Tel Aviv.
  • Arsuf fue una antigua ciudad y fortaleza situada en Israel, a unos 15 kilómetros al norte de la actual Tel-Aviv, en lo alto de un acantilado al Mar Mediterráneo. La ubicación de la ciudad fue excavada intensamente desde 1994. En el año 2002, se abrió en este lugar el Parque Nacional de Apolonia. El Arsuf moderno es un pequeño asentamiento al norte de Apolonia habitado por 90 habitantes en un área de 25 hectáreas.
  • Arsūf, è il nome d'una località palestinese (attualmente parte dello Stato d'Israele), sita a 16 chilometri a settentrione di Giaffa, bagnata dal Mediterraneo. Il sito, Tel Arsuf, è stato scavato sistematicamente dal 1994 e nel 2002 è diventato un parco archeologico, l'Apollonia National Park.
  • Apollonia é o nome dum sítio arqueológico situado em Herzliya na região Sarom, Israel. Era uma cidade romana com uma fábrica de vidro. Grandes partes da cidade afundaram no mar.
  • Arsuf also known as Arsur or Apollonia, was an ancient city and fortress located in Israel, about 15 kilometres north of modern Tel Aviv, on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea. The city site, Tel Arsuf, was intensively excavated from 1994. In 2002 it became Apollonia National Park. In 1995 a new village by the name of Arsuf was established to the north of the ancient city.
  • Apollonie de Palestine, aussi Arshof, Arzouf, Aser, Arsour, Sozousa, est une ville antique située dans la plaine du Sharon sur la côte méditerranéenne entre Jaffa et Césarée, en Israël.
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