Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

Stairway to Tower of Castle--Near the place where Christ was transfigured [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 17.5 cm ( 10 x 6.875 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Psalms, lxxxix:12.)--'The North and the South thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.' This is a view of the stairway to the tower of Subeibeh castle. It stands three miles from Cæsarea Philippi, and about one thousand feet higher than this town. It is in sight of Mount Hermon, where the Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured in the presence of Peter, James and John. We are looking toward the North. This castle figured largely in the wars of the Saracenes of Damascus against the Templars of Jerusalem. As it commands the passage from the Huleh to the plains of the Jordan over Hermon to Damascus and the East, it must have been a place of importance at least during those troublous times when such passes were dominated by a frowning castle."

Ruins of the castle, showing a set of stone steps

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Ruins

Subeibeh Castle

5473BAI/LVii199CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5473 LVii199CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Cæsarea Philippi