Herodion Ruins
The Herodeion, in Latin: Herodium, in Modern Hebrew: הרודיון Herodion, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Fureidis is a fortified desert palace built by Herod the Great, king of Judaea, in the first century BCE.
אסף.צ, Public domain.- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 758 metres (2,487 feet)
- …is also known as “Herodium”
- Description: mountain in the West Bank
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sdeh Bar and Beit Ta’mir.
Herodion Ruins
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Latitude
31.66561° or 31° 39′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.24182° or 35° 14′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G3QM68R+6P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Herodion Ruins” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الفرديس”
- Arabic: “جبل الفريديس”
- Basque: “Herodion”
- Belarusian: “Ірадыён”
- Bulgarian: “Иродион”
- Catalan: “Heròdion”
- Catalan: “Heròdium”
- Chinese: “希律堡”
- Czech: “Herodion”
- Czech: “Herodium”
- Danish: “Herodion”
- Danish: “Herodium”
- Dutch: “Herodion”
- Dutch: “Herodium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيروديون”
- Esperanto: “Herodio”
- Finnish: “Herodion”
- French: “Hérodion”
- French: “Herodium”
- French: “Palais d’Hérode”
- German: “Herodeion”
- German: “Herodeum”
- German: “Herodion”
- German: “Herodium”
- Greek: “Ηρώδειο”
- Hebrew: “ההרודיון”
- Hebrew: “הר הורדוס”
- Hebrew: “הרודיון”
- Hebrew: “הרודיס”
- Indonesian: “Herodium”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Herodium”
- Italian: “Erodio”
- Italian: “Herodeion”
- Italian: “Herodion”
- Italian: “Herodium”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale di Herodion”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Herodion”
- Japanese: “ヘロデオン”
- Latin: “Herodium”
- Latvian: “Hērodions”
- Luxembourgish: “Herodion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herodion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herodium”
- Norwegian: “Herodium”
- Persian: “هیرودیوم”
- Polish: “Herodion”
- Polish: “Herodium”
- Portuguese: “Heródio”
- Portuguese: “Herodium”
- Russian: “Геродион”
- Russian: “Иродион”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Иродион”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herodijum”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herodion”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Herodium”
- Slovak: “Herodium”
- Slovenian: “Herodij”
- Spanish: “Herodión”
- Spanish: “Herodium”
- Swedish: “Herodion”
- Swedish: “Herodium”
- Ukrainian: “Геродіон”
- Ukrainian: “Іродіон”
- Urdu: “ہیرودیون”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Herodian living quarters and Ritual Bath (Miqve).
Nearby Places
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