Biar Aqueduct
The Biar Aqueduct, or Wadi el-Biyar Aqueduct, is an ancient aqueduct in the northern Hebron Hills, south of Jerusalem, that formed part of the city's historic water-supply system.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Gush Etzion Well’s Aqueduct”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yeshivat Machanaim and Mitzpor HaElef.
Yeshivat Machanaim
School
Photo: איתמר אוחנה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yeshivat Machanaim is a school, which is situated 1 km south of Biar Aqueduct.
Mitzpor HaElef
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mitzpor HaElef is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3 km north of Biar Aqueduct.
Gush Etsyon Junction
Bus stop
Gush Etzion Junction also known as Gush Junction is a 120-dunam business, commercial and tourism center in the southern West Bank, which serves as the entry point to the Gush Etzion bloc of settlements. Gush Etsyon Junction is situated 1½ km southwest of Biar Aqueduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elazar and Efrata.
Elazar
Village
Photo: Yiftachsam, Public domain.
Elazar is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, 18 kilometers south of Jerusalem in the Gush Etzion cluster of settlements. A community settlement, it had a population of 2,567 in 2023.
Efrata
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gush Etzion is a group of Israeli settlements in the West Bank between Bethlehem and Hebron, about 950 meters above the sea level. It has a rich history dating from the 1920s and 30s to recent times.
Alon Shvut
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Alon Shvut is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in June 1970 over lands confiscated from the nearby Palestinian town of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah.
Biar Aqueduct
- Categories: aqueduct, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.65621° or 31° 39′ 22″ northLongitude
35.14511° or 35° 8′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8G3QM44W+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 7723766586OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q16132605
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In Other Languages
“Biar Aqueduct” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “אמת הביאר”
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