Mount Precipice
Mount Precipice, also known as Mount of Precipitation, Mount of the Leap of the Lord and Mount Kedumim is located just outside the southern edge of Nazareth, 2.0 km southwest of the modern city center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: mountain south of Nazareth in Israel
- Also known as: “Har Haqfisah”, “Har Qafza”, “Har Qedumim”, “Jabal al Cafza”, “Jabal al-Qafza”, “Jabal Qafza”, “Jebel el Cafza”, “Jebel el Qafzah”, “Jebel Kafsy”, “Leap of Our Lord”, “Leap of the Lord”, “Leaping Mountain”, “Mount Hakifza”, “Mount Kdumim”, “Mount Kedumim”, “Mount of Precipice”, “Mount of Precipitation”, “Mount of the Leap”, “Mount Qafza”, “Mount Qafzeh”, and “Mount Qedumim”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Annunciation and Al-Masjid Al-Abyadh.
Church of the Annunciation
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Church of the Annunciation, sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation, is a Catholic church in Nazareth, in northern Israel. It is one of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation – in which angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus – the other being the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation. Church of the Annunciation is situated 2 km north of Mount Precipice.
Al-Masjid Al-Abyadh
Mosque
The White Mosque, is a mosque, located in Nazareth, in the northern district of Israel. The mosque is situated in Harat Alghama, or the Mosque Quarter, in the centre of Nazareth's Old Market area. Al-Masjid Al-Abyadh is situated 2½ km north of Mount Precipice.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iksal and Yafa an-Naseriyye.
Iksal
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iksal is an Arab local council in northern Israel, about 5 kilometres southeast of Nazareth. It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of 14,980 primarily Muslim inhabitants.
Yafa an-Naseriyye
Town
Photo: Amit A., Public domain.
Yafa an-Naseriyye is an Arab town in Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Nazareth, also an Arab locality. Declared a local council in 1960, it had a population of 18,603 in 2023, approximately 83% of whom were Muslim and 17% Christian.
Nazareth
Photo: Tiamat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nazareth is a city in northern Israel. It is the largest Arab city in Israel proper, having a population of 60,000, a harmonious mix of Muslims and Christians.
Mount Precipice
- Categories: hill, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Mount Precipice” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Mons Excelsus Valde”
- Arabic: “جبل القفزة”
- Basque: “Amildegiaren mendia”
- Catalan: “Muntanya del Precipici”
- Cebuano: “Har Qedumim (arkiyolohiyang dapit, lat 32,68, long 35,30)”
- Cebuano: “Har Qedumim”
- Chinese: “卡夫泽”
- Chinese: “卡夫澤”
- Czech: “Har ha-Kfica”
- Czech: “Har HaKfitza”
- Czech: “Har Kidumim”
- Dutch: “Mount Precipice”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل القفزه”
- French: “Le Saut de Nostre Seigneur”
- French: “Le Saut”
- French: “Mont de la Précipitation”
- French: “mont du Précipice”
- French: “Mont du Précipice”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל אל-קפזה”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל אלקפזה”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל קפזה”
- Hebrew: “הר הקפיצה”
- Hebrew: “הר קדומימ”
- Hebrew: “הר קדומים”
- Italian: “Jebel Qafzeh”
- Italian: “Monte del Precipizio”
- Italian: “Monte del Salto”
- Ladin: “Mount Precipice”
- Latin: “Saltus Domini”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Kedumim”
- Polish: “Har Kidumim”
- Portuguese: “Monte Precipício”
- Russian: “Гора Свержения”
- Spanish: “Monte del Precipicio”
- Tamil: “கஃப்சா மலை”
- Venetian: “Monte del Precipizio”
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