Winepress

Winepress is a ruins in , . Winepress is situated nearby to , as well as near the archaeological site .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of the Monks and Modi`im.

Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed is a site of a cave which served Christian monastic chambers, on the channel of the Gimzo Stream. It is situated at the foot of Horbat Zekhariya and together with Horbat Kelah form a complex of archaeological sites in the hills of , in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest. is situated 1 km west of Winepress.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising. is situated 1½ km east of Winepress.

Memorial
Photo: YoavR, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1 km north of Winepress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevo Modi’im and Al-Midya.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central . It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in the western , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017.

Photo: Righteos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in is a relatively new Israeli city located in the Shfela, halfway between and . There are some archaeological sites in the city as well as popular tourist attractions nearby.

Winepress

Latitude
31.92957° or 31° 55′ 47″ north
Longitude
34.98123° or 34° 58′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G3PWXHJ+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12547497761
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
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In Other Languages

“Winepress” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “גת”

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