during the reign of saladin sultan and syria, the great commander and founder of the powerful ayubidty , the fortress was built to protect against the crusaders, who had conquered the mediterranean coast by that time and founded several christian states were chosen extremely well from here, as you can see in the palm of your hand the most important routes leading to the ordan valley from the zheludon castle not only controlled the main trade routes between syria and jordan, but played a crucial role in the fight against the crusaders, who could not capture it. the most here on the top of the mountain is always fresh air and not too hot, the main entrance to the fortification passed through a suspension bridge over a stone ditch, the stones cut from it were used to build walls, the proof was not only a defensive structure, but also served as a reservoir for collecting rainwater in case of a siege, the crusaders could not take it from jlon, they built many fortresses in the south of present-day jordan, karekshebak, a fortification near the shore of the dead sea, the fortress of the pha