Sartava;Sartaba

Alexandreion, or Alexandrium, called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the Hasmoneans between and on a pointy barren hill towering over the Jordan Valley from the west.
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  • Scenic viewpoint
  • …lies at an elevation of 377 metres (1,237 feet)
  • Description: remains of Herod the Great’s fortress in the Jordan Valley
  • Also known as
    “Alexandreion”
    “Alexandrium”
    “Sartaba”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masua and Yafit.
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Village
, also transliterated as Massu'a, is an Israeli… is situated 3½ km northeast of Sartava;Sartaba.
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Village
is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . is situated 4 km south of Sartava;Sartaba.
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Village
Petza'el is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the . is situated 6 km south of Sartava;Sartaba.

Sartava;Sartaba

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Latitude
32.0962° or 32° 5′ 46″ north
Longitude
35.46177° or 35° 27′ 42″ east
Open location code
8G4Q3FW6+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1854834873
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q601742

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Sartava;Sartaba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قرن سرطبة”
  • Catalan: “Alexandrium”
  • Dutch: “Alexandrium”
  • French: “Alexandrion”
  • German: “Alexandreion”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρειον”
  • Hebrew: “סרטבה”
  • Italian: “Alexandreion”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドレイオン”
  • Persian: “الکساندریوم”
  • Polish: “Aleksandrejon”
  • Portuguese: “Alexândrio”
  • Russian: “Александрион”
  • Russian: “Сартаба”
  • Swahili: “Alexandrium”
  • Ukrainian: “Александріон”
  • Ukrainian: “Сартаба”

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