Ţīrān Abū Ra’s

Places of Interest

Hurkania

Archaeological site

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Hyrcania was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. It was built by Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus or his son Alexander Jannaeus in the 2nd or 1st century BCE.

Mar Saba Monastery

Monastery

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The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba and historically as the Great Laura of Saint Sabas, is a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine in the West Bank, at a point halfway between Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. Mar Saba Monastery is situated 3 km southwest of Ţīrān Abū Ra’s.

Har Montar

Peak

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Har Montar is a peak.

Places in the Area

Kedar

Village

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Kedar is a rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south of Ma'ale Adumim and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. Kedar is situated 6 km northwest of Ţīrān Abū Ra’s.

Ubeidiya

Town

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Al-Ubeidiya is a Palestinian town located 6 kilometers east of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank. Ubeidiya is situated 8 km west of Ţīrān Abū Ra’s.

Ovnat

Village

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Ovnat is a small Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Palestine, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, about 7 km south of Kalya and 12 km north of Mitzpe Shalem. Ovnat is situated 8 km southeast of Ţīrān Abū Ra’s.

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