Kanīsat al Lātīn
Kanīsat al Lātīn is a church in Palestine. Kanīsat al Lātīn is situated nearby to the suburb An-Nuway’imah, as well as near the neighborhood Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tell es-Sultan and Mount of Temptation.
Tell es-Sultan
Archaeological site
Photo: Fullo88, Public domain.
Tell es-Sultan, also known as Tel Jericho or Ancient Jericho, is an archaeological site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Palestine, in the city of Jericho, consisting of the remains of the oldest fortified city in the world. Tell es-Sultan is situated 2 km northwest of Kanīsat al Lātīn.
Mount of Temptation
Peak
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul, is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus rule over all the kingdoms of the world. Mount of Temptation is situated 3 km northwest of Kanīsat al Lātīn.
Hisham’s Palace
Archaeological site
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Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. Hisham’s Palace is situated 3 km north of Kanīsat al Lātīn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jericho and An-Nuway’imah.
Jericho
Jericho, the "City of Palms", is a small city within the Palestinian Territories close to the northern end of Dead Sea and some 55 km from Jerusalem.
An-Nuway’imah
Suburb
al-Nuway'imah is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley.
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta
Neighborhood
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located two kilometers west of Jericho.
Kanīsat al Lātīn
- Type: Church
- Also known as: “Kanisat al Latin” and “Roman Catholic”
- Category: religion
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.85726° or 31° 51′ 26″ northLongitude
35.45636° or 35° 27′ 23″ eastElevation
-249 metres (-817 feet)Open location code
8G3QVF44+WGGeoNames ID
8067678
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In Other Languages
“Kanīsat al Lātīn” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة اللاتين”
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