Ancient Byzantine Fortress

Ancient Byzantine Fortress is in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, and is located on Al Khirbat. Ancient Byzantine Fortress is situated nearby to the police station Birzeit Police Department, as well as near Birzeit Mall.

Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Tourist attraction
Address: Al Khirbat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Palestinian Museum and Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace.

The Palestinian Museum

Museum

Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Palestinian Museum is a museum in Birzeit, in the West Bank, Palestine, that was inaugurated on 18 May 2016. It is a flagship project of the Welfare Association, a non-profit organization for developing humanitarian projects in Palestine. The Palestinian Museum is situated 1 km west of Ancient Byzantine Fortress.

Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace

Church

Photo: Osps7, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of the Virgin Sultana Peace is situated 1 km northeast of Ancient Byzantine Fortress.

Beit Midrash

Synagogue

Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Beit El Yeshiva is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank. Beit Midrash is situated 4 km southeast of Ancient Byzantine Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birzeit and Abu Qash.

Birzeit

Village

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Birzeit, also Bir Zeit, is a Palestinian Christian town north of Ramallah, in the West Bank. Its population in the 2017 census was 5,878. Birzeit is home to Birzeit University and to the Birzeit Brewery.

Abu Qash

Village

Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abu Qash is a Palestinian village located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located north of Ramallah and south of the Birzeit University.