Mal‘ab al Ḩusayn

Mal‘ab al Ḩusayn is an athletic field in Palestine and has an elevation of 922 metres. Mal‘ab al Ḩusayn is situated nearby to the locality ‘Ayn Sārah, as well as near Al ‘Imārah.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.

Cave of the Patriarchs

Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem.

Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

Protected area

Photo: Eman, Public domain.

The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city.

Abraham’s Oak Holy Trinity Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Copper Kettle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Al Maskobiya, is a Russian Orthodox monastery and church in Hebron, Palestine, founded in the 20th century on the site of the ancient Oak of Mamre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hebron and Kiryat Arba.