Scroll of Fire
Scroll of Fire is a monument found in the Forest of the Martyrs, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem. It commemorates Jewish history from The Holocaust until the independence of the State of Israel in 1948.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kasla and Me‘arat Bené Berit.
Kasla
Ruins
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kasla or Kesla was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem. Kasla is situated 1¼ km northeast of Scroll of Fire.
Me‘arat Bené Berit
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Me‘arat Bené Berit is a cave, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Scroll of Fire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ksalon and Beit Meir.
Ksalon
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ksalon is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 524.
Beit Meir
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Meir is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Highway 1, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 650. Beit Meir is situated 2½ km north of Scroll of Fire.
Ramat Raziel
Village
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ramat Raziel is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the centre of the Jerusalem corridor, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 675. Ramat Raziel is situated 3 km east of Scroll of Fire.
Scroll of Fire
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument to Jewish history
- Categories: cenotaph and historic site
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77252° or 31° 46′ 21″ northLongitude
35.04405° or 35° 2′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ2FV+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1643318912OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q7439281
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Spanish—“Scroll of Fire” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Skribrulaĵo de Fajro”
- Greek: “Πάπυρος της Φωτιάς”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת מגילת האש”
- Spanish: “Rollo de Fuego (monumento)”
- Spanish: “Rollo de Fuego”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include מצפה יוסי and Khirbet Midrag.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Scroll of Fire”. Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.