Megadim

Megadim is a suburb in , . Megadim is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the suburb .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Martyrius and Lazarus Tomb.

Archaeological site
, whose ruins, known as Khirbet el-Murassas in Arabic, have been excavated in the centre of the settlement and city of , was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period.

Church
Photo: Marion Doss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tomb of Lazarus is a traditional Christian pilgrimage in the suburb of , . It is located on the southeast slope of the , some 2.4 km east of the city limits of . is situated 3½ km west of Megadim.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of the Israeli settlement, . It was founded in 1977 by Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include ’Arab al-Jahalin and Ma’ale Adumim.

Village
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the , located five kilometers southeast of in the .

Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

Village
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rural Israeli settlement in the . Located to the south of and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. is situated 2½ km southeast of Megadim.

Megadim

Latitude
31.77201° or 31° 46′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.29387° or 35° 17′ 38″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ7CV+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9550439679
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
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In Other Languages

“Megadim” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “מגדים”

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