Har Shlomtsiyyon

Har Shlomtsiyyon is a mountain in , and has an elevation of 754 metres. Har Shlomtsiyyon is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castel National Park and The Kastel.

Protected area
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
is an Israeli , 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".

Monument
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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.

Protected area
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
is a and in , in the hills seven kilometres west of modern and some 12 kilometres west of the Old City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevaseret Zion and Motza Illit.

Village
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is a town and local council located 10 km to the west of , straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway. is composed of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim, under the jurisdiction of one local council.

Village
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is a community settlement in central Israel, in suburban . Located on a slope overlooking the , , the Motza Valley and Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located in the Jerusalem Corridor, about 10 km west of central , next to Highway 1 and the Hemed Interchange, between and , south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Har Shlomtsiyyon

Latitude
31.80196° or 31° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.14307° or 35° 8′ 35″ east
Elevation
754 metres (2,474 feet)
Open location code
8G3QR42V+Q6
Geo­Names ID
10254239
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In Other Languages

“Har Shlomtsiyyon” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “Har Shelomẕiyyon”
  • Hebrew: “הר שלומציון”

Localities in the Area

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