Al-Qastal

Al-Qastal was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of and named for a Crusader castle once standing 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.
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  • Ruin
  • …lies at an elevation of 779 metres (2,556 feet)
  • Description: former populated place near Jerusalem
  • Also known as
    “Al-Qastal, Jerusalem”
    “Castel”
    “Castellum”
    “El Qasṭal”
    “HaCastel”
    “Kastel”
    “Kustul”
    “Qastal”

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Peak
is a peak.

Places in the Area

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, also Mozah or Motsa, is a neighbourhood on the western edge of .

Al-Qastal

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Latitude
31.8° or 31° 48′ north
Longitude
35.15° or 35° 9′ east
Open location code
8G3QQ5X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
295239
Wiki­data ID
Q1048597

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Qastal” goes by many names.
القسطلArabic
Al-QastalDanish
Al Qastal, PalestineDutch
Al-QastalFrench
KastelFrench
QastelFrench
BelveerGerman
CastelGerman
אל-קסטלHebrew
הקסטלHebrew
קסטלHebrew
Al-QastalIndonesian
Al-Qastal, YerusalemIndonesian
Al-QastalItalian
アル＝カスタルJapanese
カスタルJapanese
カステルJapanese
القسطلPersian
القسطل (فلسطین)Persian
Al-KastalPolish
Al-QastalPolish
Al-QastalPortuguese
Аль-КасталRussian
Кастель (Израиль)Russian
Al-QastalSpanish
Al-Qastal, JerusalénSpanish
El-KastalTurkish
القسطلUrdu
القسطل، یروشلمUrdu

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