Ben Shemen
Ben Shemen is a village in Central District, Israel. Ben Shemen is situated nearby to the village Ginaton, as well as near the neighborhood Neve Nof.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lod Mosaic and Church of Saint George.
Lod Mosaic
Archaeological site
The Lod Mosaic is a mosaic floor dated to ca. 300 CE discovered in 1996 in the Israeli town of Lod. Believed to have been created for a private villa, it is one of the largest and best-preserved mosaic floors uncovered in the country.
Church of Saint George
Church
The Church of Saint George is a Greek Orthodox church, located in the city of Lod, Israel. The church contains a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ben Shemen and Kerem Ben Shemen.
Ben Shemen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ben Shemen is a moshav in central Israel. Located around four kilometres east of Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 850.
Kerem Ben Shemen
Village
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kerem Ben Shemen, also known as Ben Shemen-Shikhun is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 129.
Ginaton
Village
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Ginaton is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Ben Shemen, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,018.
Ben Shemen
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Beit `Arif”, “Ben Shamen”, and “Kefar Hano‘ar”
- Category: locality
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.95228° or 31° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
34.92194° or 34° 55′ 19″ eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
8G3PXW2C+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473977OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
295507
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Ben Shemen” goes by many names.
- French: “Ben Shemen”
- French: “Ben-Shemen”
- German: “Ben Shemen”
- Hebrew: “Ben Shemen-Kefar HaNo‘ar”
- Hebrew: “בן שמן-כפר הנער”
- Hebrew: “בן שמן”
- Hebrew: “כפר הנוער”
- Russian: “Бен-Шемен”
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