H̱orbat Tasit
H̱orbat Tasit is a ruin in Jerusalem District, Israel. H̱orbat Tasit is situated nearby to the ruins Al-Qabu, as well as near the village Mevo Beiter.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Qabu and Yad Kennedy.
Al-Qabu
Ruins
Al-Qabu was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine. Al-Qabu is situated 780 metres east of H̱orbat Tasit.
Yad Kennedy
Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963. Yad Kennedy is situated 3 km northeast of H̱orbat Tasit.Beitar
Ruins
Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. Beitar is situated 2½ km east of H̱orbat Tasit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mevo Beiter and Tzur Hadassah.
Mevo Beiter
Village
Mevo Beitar is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located ten kilometres south-west of Jerusalem in the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,153.
Tzur Hadassah
Village
Tzur Hadassah is a town located in the Jerusalem Corridor, located 12 kilometres southwest of Jerusalem, at an altitude of 755 meters above sea level, located on Route 375 west of Beitar Illit, about one kilometer west of the Green Line, adjacent to the Palestinian village of Wadi Fukin.
Battir
Village
Battir is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the West Bank, 6.4 km west of Bethlehem, and southwest of Jerusalem.
H̱orbat Tasit
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Horbat Tasit”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.72833° or 31° 43′ 42″ north
Longitude
35.11089° or 35° 6′ 39″ east
Elevation
749 metres (2,457 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP4H6+89
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“H̱orbat Tasit” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Tasit”
- Hebrew: “חרבת טסית”
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