Saint Hilarion Monastery

Saint Hilarion Monastery was an ancient Christian monastery in . The ruins are part of the archaeological site of Tell Umm el-'Amr, and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is close to in the .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Old christian monastery in Palestine dedicated to Saint Hilarion of Gaza
  • Also known as: “Monastère Hilarion”, “Monastery of Saint-Hilarion”, and “Saint Hilarion monastery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gaza Power Station and Deir El Belah War Cemetery.

Power station
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The Gaza Power Plant is a fossil fuel power station in , . is situated 3½ km east of Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Cemetery
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The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery. is situated 2½ km south of Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Az-Zawayda and Nuseirat refugee camp.

Town
, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the , in the of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of and just west of Maghazi refugee camp.

Town
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Nuseirat Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the middle of the , five kilometers north-east of . The refugee camp is in the , Gaza Strip. is situated 2½ km east of Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the in the central . It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums. is situated 3½ km southeast of Saint Hilarion Monastery.

Saint Hilarion Monastery

Latitude
31.44724° or 31° 26′ 50″ north
Longitude
34.36639° or 34° 21′ 59″ east
Open location code
8G3PC9W8+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1006910713
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q123140218
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Saint Hilarion Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير القديس هيلاريون”
  • Basque: “San Hilarion monasterioa”
  • Chinese: “泰爾烏姆埃爾-阿米爾”
  • Croatian: “Samostan svetog Hilariona”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Sint-Hilarion”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo de Sankta Hilarion”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Hilarionin luostari”
  • French: “monastère de Saint Hilarion”
  • French: “Monastère de Saint Hilarion”
  • Galician: “mosteiro de Santo Hilarión”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Santo Hilarión”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר הילריון הקדוש”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Hilárion-kolostor”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Santo Hilarion”
  • Malay: “Biara Santo Hilarion”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta‘ San Ilarjun”
  • Maltese: “Monasteru ta’ San Ilarjun”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Manastir svetog Ilariona”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Hilarión”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Hilarion Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир Святого Іларіона”

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