sentences:  The Crusaders spent most of the 12th and 13th centuries in the shadow of Magdhdouché without ever suspecting the sacred cave's existence even though they built a small fort, called La Franche Garde, within meters of the hidden entrance to the cave.The people of Magdhdouché only returned to their ancestral village during the reign of the Druze Prince Fakhreddin II (1572-1635).The prince, who was considered a tolerant and enlightened ruler of his day and age, believed in equality amongst the diverse religious followers of his Lebanon.