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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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: remains of Herod the Great’s fortress in the Jordan Valley
  • Also known as: “Alexandreion”, “Alexandrium”, and “Sartaba”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masua and Yafit.

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, also transliterated as Massu'a, is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . Located in the Jordan Valley, with an area of 6,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. is situated 3½ km northeast of Sartava;Sartaba.

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is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the . Located in the Jordan Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. is situated 4 km south of Sartava;Sartaba.

Village
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Petza'el is a moshav and Israeli settlement in the . Located in the center of the Jordan Valley, 34.5 kilometers from the Green line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council. is situated 6 km south of Sartava;Sartaba.

Sartava;Sartaba

Latitude
32.0962° or 32° 5′ 46″ north
Longitude
35.46177° or 35° 27′ 42″ east
Elevation
377 metres (1,237 feet)
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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