two huge gates that gave access to the strongholdto from the west and east. See also Ashdod-Yam ("Ashdod on the Sea"), Ashdod's historic twin city, now part of modern Ashdod Ashdod, the historic twin city of Ashdod on the Sea, today has largest Israeli port Gallery References Bibliography External links Survey of Western Palestine, Map 16: IAA, Wikimedia commons Ashdod Archaeological sites in Israel Islamic architecture Crusader castles Castles in Israel he:אשדוד ים#תאור המצודה