Israel
Shfelah
Southern District

Beth Guvrin

Beth Guvrin or Beit Guvrin is a national park located in south-central , in the Shfela region. It is a particularly good place to visit in summer, because its caves are cool and shady even when it's scorching outside.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: national park in Israel
  • Also known as: “Bayt Jibrin”, “Beit Govrin”, “Beit Guvrin”, “Beit Guvrin National Park”, “Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park”, and “Gan Leummi Bet Guvrin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tel Maresha and Amphitheater.

Ruins
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Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna, an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to .

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Barracks
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is a barracks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Guvrin and Kfar Zoharim.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the , for which it is named. Located 14 kilometres east of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 483.

Hamlet
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, officially Ramot Yehuda-Zoharim, is an Israeli educational therapy youth village for teenagers aged 14–18 from the ultra-orthodox community who do not fit into regular educational frameworks. is situated 3½ km northeast of Beth Guvrin.

Beth Guvrin

Latitude
31.5979° or 31° 35′ 53″ north
Longitude
34.8977° or 34° 53′ 52″ east
Elevation
320 metres (1,050 feet)
Open location code
8G3PHVXX+53
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2130368535
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
8070341
Wiki­data ID
Q2407530
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Beth Guvrin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتنزه الوطني بيت غوفرين”
  • Azerbaijani: “Beyt Quvrin Milli Parkı”
  • Catalan: “Parc Nacional Beit Guvrin”
  • Cebuano: “Gan Le’ummi Bet Guvrin”
  • Chinese: “巴塔·古夫林”
  • Chinese: “貝特古夫林國家公園”
  • Czech: “Národní park Bejt Guvrin”
  • Dutch: “Beit Guvrin National Park”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المتنزه الوطنى بيت غوفرين”
  • French: “Bet Guvrin-Maresha”
  • Georgian: “ბეით-გუვრინის ეროვნული პარკი”
  • German: “Bet-Guvrin-Marissa-Nationalpark”
  • Hebrew: “Gan Le’ummi Bet Guvrin”
  • Hebrew: “בית גוברין - מרשה”
  • Hebrew: “בית גוברין”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאומי בית גוברין”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאמי בית גוברין”
  • Hebrew: “גן לאמי בית-גברין”
  • Hungarian: “Bét Guvrin”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale Beit Guvrin-Maresha”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale Beit Guvrin-Maresha”
  • Japanese: “ベト・グヴリン＝マレシャ国立公園”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی بیت غوفرین”
  • Persian: “پارک ملی بیت گاورین”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Гуврин-Мареша”
  • Spanish: “Parque nacional Beit Guvrin”
  • Swedish: “Gan Le’ummi Bet Guvrin”
  • Turkish: “Beit Guvrin-Maresha Millî Parkı”
  • Turkish: “Beit Guvrin-Maresha Ulusal Parkı”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn quốc gia Beit Guvrin”

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