Beit Shemesh Interchange

Beit Shemesh Interchange is a bus stop in , . Beit Shemesh Interchange is situated nearby to the spring , as well as near the pond .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beit Jimal and Tel Yarmut.

Monastery
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or Beit Jamal is a Catholic monastery run by priests and brothers near , . The Christian tradition identifies the site with the Roman- and Byzantine-era Jewish village of Caphargamala, and believe that inside a cave in the area, there is the tomb of Saint Stephen or to have conserved his relics. is situated 1¼ km northeast of Beit Shemesh Interchange.

Ruins
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Tel Yarmuth or Khirbet Yarmuk is an ancient Near East archaeological site in located 25 kilometers southwest of and near modern . is situated 1½ km southeast of Beit Shemesh Interchange.

Archaeological site
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, also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa, is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE. is situated 3 km south of Beit Shemesh Interchange.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zekharia and Yish’i.

Village
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is a moshav in central . It sits on the ancient Palestinian village of Zakariyya, whose inhabitants were expelled in 1949. Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council.

Village
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Yish'i is a moshav in central . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 938. is situated 3½ km north of Beit Shemesh Interchange.

Village
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is a moshav in central . Located adjacent to , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 484. is situated 3½ km east of Beit Shemesh Interchange.

Beit Shemesh Interchange

Latitude
31.72086° or 31° 43′ 15″ north
Longitude
34.96466° or 34° 57′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G3PPXC7+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1803057253
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Beit Shemesh Interchange” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تقاطع بيت شيمش”
  • Hebrew: “מחלף בית שמש”

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