Qasr al-Yahud
Qasr al-Yahud, also known as Al-Maghtas, is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: baptism site, West Bank
- Also known as: “Qasr al Yahud”, “Qaşr al Yahūd”, and “Qasr el Yahūd”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deir Hajla.
Deir Hajla
Church
Deir Hajla or Qasr Hajla is the Arabic name of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Gerasimus, a monastery located in the Jericho Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, west of the River Jordan and north of the Dead Sea. Deir Hajla is situated 2 km southwest of Qasr al-Yahud.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas and Beit HaArava.
Al Maghtas
Locality
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Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 3 km east of Qasr al-Yahud.
Beit HaArava
Village
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Beit HaArava is an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in the West Bank. Located near the Dead Sea and Jericho at the eponymous Beit HaArava Junction, the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council. Beit HaArava is situated 4½ km southwest of Qasr al-Yahud.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
Qasr al-Yahud
- Categories: archaeological site, human settlement, and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yakut—“Qasr al-Yahud” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر اليهود”
- Azerbaijani: “Qəsr əl Yəhud”
- Catalan: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Chinese: “卡斯爾·雅胡德”
- Chinese: “耶胡德堡”
- Czech: “Kasr al-Jahúd”
- Czech: “Kasr al-Jehud”
- Czech: “Kasser al Yahud”
- Czech: “Qasr al-Jahúd”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر اليهود”
- French: “Kasser al Yahoud”
- French: “Qasr al-Yahoud”
- German: “Qasr al-Yahud”
- Hebrew: “קאסר אל יהוד”
- Hebrew: “קאסר אל-יהוד”
- Hebrew: “קסר אל-יהוד”
- Hebrew: “קצר אל-יהוד”
- Hebrew: “קצר אליהוד”
- Indonesian: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Italian: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Japanese: “カスル・エル・ヤフド”
- Polish: “Kasr al-Jahud”
- Polish: “Qasr al-Yahud”
- Portuguese: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Russian: “Каср-эль-Яхуд”
- Slovak: “Qasr al-Yahúd”
- Spanish: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Swedish: “Qasr el Yahud”
- Urdu: “قصر الیہود”
- Yakut: “Каср ал-Йахуд”
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