Latrun
Latrun is a hilltop in Shfelah overlooking the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, 25 kilometers west of Jerusalem. The hill is home to several sights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mini Israel and Emmaus Nicopolis.
Mini Israel
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mini Israel is a miniature park located near Latrun in Jerusalem within the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel.
Emmaus Nicopolis
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Emmaus is a town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke of the New Testament. Luke reports that Jesus appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two of his disciples while they were walking on the road to Emmaus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neve Shalom and Sha’alvim.
Neve Shalom
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Neve Shalom, also known as Wahat as-Salam is a cooperative village in Israel, jointly founded by Israeli Jews and Arabs in an attempt to show that the two peoples can live side by side peacefully, as well as to conduct educational work for peace, equality and understanding between the two peoples.
Sha’alvim
Village
Sha'alvim is a religious kibbutz in central Israel and one of only two affiliated with Poalei Agudat Yisrael. Located near the city of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,921.
Nof Ayalon
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nof Ayalon is a community settlement in central Israel. Located in the Ayalon Valley near Sha'alvim, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Gezer Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 2,017.
Latrun
- Type: locality
- Description: hilltop in the Latrun Salient in the Ayalon Valley
- Categories: depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Shfelah, Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.8319° or 31° 49′ 55″ northLongitude
34.9814° or 34° 58′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8G3PRXJJ+QHWikidata ID
Q1670976
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Latrun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “اللطرون”
- Armenian: “Լատրուն”
- Chinese: “拉特伦”
- Chinese: “拉特倫”
- Chinese: “拉通”
- Czech: “Latrun”
- Dutch: “Latroen”
- Dutch: “Latroun”
- Dutch: “Latrun”
- Finnish: “Latrun”
- French: “Latroun”
- Georgian: “ლატრუნი”
- German: “Latrun”
- Hebrew: “לטרון”
- Indonesian: “Latrun”
- Italian: “Latrun”
- Japanese: “ラトゥルン”
- Japanese: “ラトルン”
- Persian: “لطرون”
- Polish: “Latrun”
- Portuguese: “Latrun”
- Russian: “Латрун”
- Ukrainian: “Латрун”
- Urdu: “الطرون”
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