You may heard that Isreali Defense Forces (the IDF) occupied the ancient Beaufort Castle in Lebanon. I like castles so I go looking for pics. I quickly realize what I want is a 3D view of the place. Google Maps used to deliver that, but that facility (ability) has now been shunted over to Google Earth and response time on Google Earth is abysmal. The 3D view on Google Maps was great, you could pan and tilt to your heart's content and the view on the screen would pretty much keep up with you. 3D view on Google Earth is like that ol' hound dog from Saturday morning cartoons who can't be bother to get up much less fetch anything. What was his name? Droopy?
How about a video? Ask YouTube for Beaufort Castle and all you get is news reports about the Israelis and the only information about the castle is what you get is in the first line of the Wikipedia page.
The IDF has a video which gives you a good view of the castle. Parts of this video have been borrowed (stolen?) by everyone and their mother including Hezbollah, which I thought was pretty weird, but maybe that's just the world today.
Anyway, I looked around and I think I found four views of the castle from the four cardinal directions. Put that together with the video and you might get an idea of how this place is laid out.
I tried to logon to United Health Care and it couldn't, so it suggested I delete some cookies from my browser. I did that and now all my pictures and links are screwed up, I so I don't even know what these pics are anymore.
Google Map's Streetview is notably lacking in Lebanon. This Streetview Map of the castle is only about a quarter mile across. There are no other Streetviews of Lebanon except for one road near the coast.
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