Machaerus

Machaerus was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day . The site is located 25 km southeast of the mouth of the overlooking the .
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: hilltop palace in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Al Mashnaqah”, “El Mekâwer”, “El Mukāwer”, “Fortress of Machaerus”, “Khirbat Mukāwir”, “Machairous”, “Makawer”, “Mekawer”, “Mukawir”, “Mukāwir”, “Rujm al Mashnaqah”, “Rujm el Mashnaqa”, and “Rujm el Mishnaqa”

Machaerus

Latitude
31.5674° or 31° 34′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.62415° or 35° 37′ 27″ east
Elevation
679 metres (2,228 feet)
Open location code
8G3QHJ8F+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 48012532
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
247281
Wiki­data ID
Q1549278
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Machaerus” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαχαιροῦς”
  • Arabic: “المشنقة”
  • Arabic: “رجم المشنقة”
  • Arabic: “قلعة مكاور”
  • Arabic: “قلعه مكاور”
  • Arabic: “مكاور”
  • Catalan: “Maqueront”
  • Catalan: “Maquerunt”
  • Catalan: “Maquerus”
  • Czech: “Machaerus”
  • Danish: “Machaerus”
  • Dutch: “Machaerus”
  • Finnish: “Machaerus”
  • French: “Machareus”
  • French: “Macheraos”
  • French: “Macheronte”
  • French: “Machéronte”
  • German: “Machaerus”
  • German: “Machairous”
  • German: “Machärus”
  • Greek: “Μαχαιρούντα”
  • Greek: “Μαχαιρούς”
  • Hebrew: “מכוור”
  • Indonesian: “Machaerus”
  • Italian: “Macheronte”
  • Japanese: “マケラス”
  • Latin: “Machaerus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Machaerus”
  • Norwegian: “Machaerus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Machaerus”
  • Persian: “دژ مکاور”
  • Polish: “Macheront”
  • Portuguese: “Maquero”
  • Romanian: “Maherus”
  • Russian: “Махерон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Machaerus”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maher”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maheron”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Maheront”
  • Slovenian: “Machaerus”
  • Spanish: “Machaerus”
  • Spanish: “Maqueronte”
  • Swedish: “Machaerus”
  • Ukrainian: “Махерон”
  • Urdu: “ماخائرس”
  • Urdu: “مکاور”

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