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Atlit or Athlit may refer to: Places * Atlit, an historical fortified town in Israel, also known as Château Pèlerin * Atlit (modern town), a nearby town in Israel Media * ''Athlit'' (album), an ambient music album by Oöphoi * ''Atlit'' (film), a 2014 Franco-Israeli film Military *Atlit naval base *Atlit detainee camp The Atlit detainee camp was a internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the Israeli coastal plain, south of Haifa. Under British rule, it was primarily used to hold Jews and Arabs ...
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Château Pèlerin
Château Pèlerin (Old French: Chastel Pelerin; ), also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusades, Crusader fortress and fortified town located about north of the modern Israeli town of Atlit (modern town), Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about south of Haifa. Château Pèlerin is located inside the Atlit naval base. The Knights Templar began building the fortress in 1218 during the Fifth Crusade. One of the major Crusader fortresses, it could support up to 4,000 troops in siege conditions. It became for a short time the headquarters of the Crusaders; according to Claude Reignier Conder its architecture "must have made ‘Athlit perhaps the finest town of the period in the country". It has been described as the "crowning example of Crusader military architecture", although T. E. Lawrence found it lacking in elegance and imagination in terms of military architecture, settling on massiveness instead. In early August 1291, three months after the Siege of Acre (1291), Siege ...
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Atlit (modern Town)
Atlit (, ) is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village. The town of Atlit is named after the nearby Crusades, Crusader outpost and fortified town of Atlit, also known as Château Pèlerin, which although in ruins remained populated until 1948. The town was established in 1903 under the auspices of Edmond James de Rothschild, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, approximately two kilometers south of the historical site which was then a small Palestinian village. The Atlit detainee camp is nearby, which was used by the Mandate for Palestine, British to intern Aliyah Bet, Jewish refugees and is now a museum. From 1950 until the unification of the municipalities in 2003, Atlit was a local council whose jurisdiction was 14,000 dunams. In the population was . History Neolithic Atlit Yam is an ancient submerged Neolithic village off the coast of A ...
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Athlit (album)
''Athlit'' is an album by ambient Ambient or ambiance or ambience may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ambiancé'', an unreleased experimental film * ''Ambient'' (novel), a novel by Jack Womack Music and sound * Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgr ... musician Oöphoi. It was released in 2002 on Hypnos Recordings. Track listing #"Drifting into Black Space" - 16:40 #"An Ever-Changing Horizon" - 10:30 #"On Wings Of Light" - 18:05 #"Lord Of The Starfields" - 28:31 References Oöphoi albums 2008 albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ...
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Atlit (film)
''Atlit'' (original title: ''Rendez-vous à Atlit'') is a 2014 Franco-Israeli drama film written and directed by Shirel Amitaï. It stars Géraldine Nakache, Judith Chemla and Yaël Abecassis. Synopsis A story of three sisters - Cali, Darel, and Asia - who gather in the Israeli coastal town of Atlit to sell their late parents' house in 1995. As they spend time together, their relationship is tested by resurfacing tensions and unexpected visitors who bring both chaos and joy to their lives. Set against the backdrop of the promising peace process, their story takes a dramatic turn when Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated on November 4. Despite this devastating blow to peace prospects, the sisters maintain their hope for a better future. The story interweaves personal family dynamics with pivotal historical events, exploring themes of sisterhood, reconciliation, and resilience during a critical moment in Israeli history. Cast * Géraldine Nakache as Cali * Judith C ...
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Atlit Naval Base
Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit. In 2010, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the base to salute the commandos who took part in the Gaza flotilla raid. During the Operation Arrows of the North, Hezbollah claimed that its drone squadron successfully struck the Atlit base. Atlit Shipyard Atlit Shipyard, a part of the Naval Shipyards (Israel) is also in the parameter of the base. Establishment After the establishment of Shayetet 13, the research and planning division of the Weapons Development Authority , began a project based on sabotage boats that were manufactured in Italy and which were used to sink Emir Farooq. A new model passed the tests in Shipyard until March 1954 and in April of that year it was tested by the Navy and its production began. In 1956 the boats entered operational use in the Navy. Integration into Naval Shipyards A ...
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