Machaerus
Machaerus was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, located in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan, 25 km southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Madaba Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.5674° or 31° 34′ 3″ northLongitude
35.62415° or 35° 37′ 27″ eastElevation
679 metres (2,228 feet)Open location code
8G3QHJ8F+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 48012532OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
247281Wikidata 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”
- 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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