The Antonia Fortress was built by Herod the Great, who named it for his patron Mark Antony. It stood at the northwest corner of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, replacing the Hasmonean Baris. The article names no architect, and says Ehud Netzer's date of about 35 BC is disputed.
Netzer's reconstruction shows a near-square building 282 feet (86 m) on a side and 59 feet (18 m) high, with four corner towers, the tallest 92 feet (28 m). Murphy-O'Connor instead estimates 367 by 131 feet (112 by 40 m). It used Herodian ashlar masonry.
It was one of the last Jewish strongholds in the siege of 70 AD and was abandoned in the first century. Only fragments survive, including a 13-foot (4 m) wall inside Mamluk buildings. Public access is limited.
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