Beitar
Betar was an ancient Jewish town in the Judaean Mountains, continuously inhabited since the Iron Age and up until the 2nd century CE. It is most famously known as the final stronghold of the Bar Kokhba Revolt.
- Ruins
- Description: last Judah’s fort held in the Bar Kokhba’s revolt and adjacent modern locations
- Also known as“Betar”“Beter”“Bethar”“Bithar”
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Beitar
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Latitude
31.72981° or 31° 43′ 47″ north
Longitude
35.13561° or 35° 8′ 8″ east
Open location code
8G3QP4HP+W6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Beitar” goes by many names.
BαιθηρAncient Greek (to 1453)
بيتارArabic
БейтарBelarusian
БейтарBulgarian
БетарBulgarian
貝塔要塞Chinese
BejtarCzech
BetarDutch
BetarGalician
ביתרHebrew
BetharItalian
ベータールJapanese
بتارPersian
بتار (دهکده باستانی)Persian
Betar (twierdza)Polish
БейтарUkrainian
Бейтар (місто)Ukrainian
Бейтар (Юдея)Ukrainian
БетарUkrainian
Бетар (місто)Ukrainian
Бетар (фортеця)Ukrainian
Бетар (Юдея)Ukrainian
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