Shiech Kawas
Shiech Kawas is a ruins in Northern District, Israel. Shiech Kawas is situated nearby to the spring Ein Koves, as well as near Ein Pashhur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee and Abuhav Synagogue.
Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee
University
Photo: דגיג, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee is an university, which is situated 2 km northeast of Shiech Kawas.
Abuhav Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abuhav Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Safed, in the Northern Director of Israel. The synagogue was completed in the 15th-century century and named in honor of the Spanish kabbalist of the era, Rabbi Isaac Abuhav. Abuhav Synagogue is situated 2½ km northeast of Shiech Kawas.
Zefat Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Louski1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zefat Cemetery is situated 2 km north of Shiech Kawas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ’Akbara and Kfar Shamai.
’Akbara
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
'Akbara is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
Kfar Shamai
Village
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Kfar Shamai is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in Upper Galilee, about 1.9 miles west of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 628.
Safed
Photo: Beny Shlevich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safed is a city in the Upper Galilee region of Israel, and is one of the oldest centers for Jewish learning and spirituality, home to the Kabbalah movement which is popular with celebrities.
Shiech Kawas
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.95154° or 32° 57′ 6″ northLongitude
35.47873° or 35° 28′ 43″ eastOpen location code
8G4QXF2H+JFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5179392621OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
“Shiech Kawas” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “שייח כוואס”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ein Koves and הבריכה המחוממת.
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