H̱orbat Eshẖar
H̱orbat Eshẖar is a ruin in Northern District, Israel. H̱orbat Eshẖar is situated nearby to the village Ga’aton, as well as near Neve Ziv.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manot Cave and Monfort Castle.
Manot Cave
Cave
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Manot Cave is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008. It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old. Manot Cave is situated 2 km northwest of H̱orbat Eshẖar.
Monfort Castle
Ruins
Photo: Eranfel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south of the border with Lebanon. Monfort Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of H̱orbat Eshẖar.
Yehi’am Fortress
Castle
Khirbat Jiddin, known in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Judin, was an Ottoman fortress in the western Upper Galilee, originally built by the Teutonic Order after 1220 as a crusader castle, 16 km northeast of the city of Acre, which at the time was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Yehi’am Fortress is situated 3 km southeast of H̱orbat Eshẖar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ga’aton and Neve Ziv.
Ga’aton
Village
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Ga'aton is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 740.
Neve Ziv
Village
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Neve Ziv, also known as Ziv HaGalil, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located east of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 930.
Manot
Village
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Manot is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 559.
H̱orbat Eshẖar
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Horbat Eshhar”, “Khirbat Samara”, and “Khirbet Sainara”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.01989° or 33° 1′ 12″ northLongitude
35.2053° or 35° 12′ 19″ eastElevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)Open location code
8G5Q2694+X4GeoNames ID
295164
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In Other Languages
“H̱orbat Eshẖar” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Eshẖar”
- Hebrew: “חרבת אשחר”
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