Meron
Meron is a village in Northern District, Israel. Meron is situated nearby to the village Bar Yohai, as well as near Or HaGanuz.Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Meron Synagogue and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb.
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochay tomb
Synagogue
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The tomb of Shimon bar Yochai, or Kever Rashbi, on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century Mishnaic rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. A place of pilgrimage since the late 15th century, it is today the second-most-visited Jewish site in the world after the Western Wall with as many as two million annual visitors.
Khirbet Shema
Archaeological site
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meron and Bar Yohai.
Meron
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Meron or Meiron is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Bar Yohai
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Yohai is a religious Jewish community settlement in northern Israel. Located near Mount Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. as of 2024 its population was 1,173.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Meron
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.98864° or 32° 59′ 19″ northLongitude
35.44028° or 35° 26′ 25″ eastOpen location code
8G4QXCQR+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 275295949OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Hebrew—“Meron” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Meron”
- French: “Meron”
- Hebrew: “מירון”
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