Saxum Visitor Center

Saxum Visitor Center is a museum in , . Saxum Visitor Center is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the church .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and Saint Mary of the Resurrection Abbey.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , . is situated 730 metres south of Saxum Visitor Center.

Monastery
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Resurrection Church, or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the , in central . is situated 750 metres south of Saxum Visitor Center.

Police station
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1 km south of Saxum Visitor Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale HaHamisha and Abu Ghosh.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ma'ale HaHamisha is a kibbutz in central . Located in the hills just off the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 901.

Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Arab-Israeli town of 7,500 people in . It is in one of the earliest areas of human habitation in Israel. Archaeological excavations have revealed three Neolithic settlement phases, the middle phase is dated to the 7th millennium BCE.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kiryat Ye'arim, also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the of . It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name.

Saxum Visitor Center

Latitude
31.8142° or 31° 48′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.10514° or 35° 6′ 19″ east
Operator
Opus Dei
Open location code
8G3QR474+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4105397382
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­social_centre
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Saxum Visitor Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساكسم”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז מבקרים סקסום”

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