Al-Qastal
Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle located on the hilltop. Used during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as a military base by the Army of the Holy War, virtually all of its residents fled during the fighting and the village was eventually captured by the Palmach.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: former populated place near Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Al Qastal”, “Al-Qastal, Jerusalem”, “Castel”, “Castellum”, “El Qastal”, “El Qasṭal”, “HaCastel”, “Kastel”, “Kustul”, and “Qastal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castel National Park and The old synagogue in Motza.
Castel National Park
Protected area
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Castel National Park is an Israeli national park, which consists of a fortified summit in the Judean Mountains, at the site of the former Palestinian village of Al-Qastal, known to Hebrew-speakers as HaCástel, "the Cástel".
The old synagogue in Motza
Archaeological site
The Old Motza Synagogue is Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Motza, in West Jerusalem, Israel. Completed in 1871, the Ottoman-era synagogue is just off Highway 1. The old synagogue in Motza is situated 1½ km southeast of Al-Qastal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevaseret Zion and Motza Illit.
Mevaseret Zion
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mevaseret Zion is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of Jerusalem, straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. Mevaseret Zion is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council.
Motza Illit
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motza Illit is a community settlement in central Israel, in suburban Jerusalem. Located on a slope overlooking the Jerusalem Mountains, Ein Karem, the Motza Valley and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.
Motza
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Motza, also Mozah or Motsa, is a neighbourhood on the western edge of Jerusalem. It is located in the Judaean Mountains, 600 metres above sea level, connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, Highway 16, and the winding mountain road to Har Nof.
Al-Qastal
- Categories: former settlement, hill, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Qastal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القسطل”
- Danish: “Al-Qastal”
- Dutch: “Al Qastal, Palestine”
- French: “Qastel”
- German: “Belveer”
- German: “Castel”
- Hebrew: “אל-קסטל”
- Hebrew: “הקסטל”
- Hebrew: “קסטל”
- Indonesian: “Al-Qastal, Yerusalem”
- Indonesian: “Al-Qastal”
- Italian: “Al-Qastal”
- Japanese: “アル＝カスタル”
- Japanese: “カスタル”
- Japanese: “カステル”
- Polish: “Al-Kastal”
- Polish: “Al-Qastal”
- Portuguese: “Al-Qastal”
- Russian: “Аль-Кастал”
- Russian: “Кастель (Израиль)”
- Spanish: “Al-Qastal, Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Al-Qastal”
- Turkish: “El-Kastal”
- Urdu: “القسطل، یروشلم”
- Urdu: “القسطل”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al-Qastal”. Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.