Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek

Antipatris was a city built during the first century BC by Herod the Great, who named it in honour of his father, Antipater. The site, now a national park in , was inhabited from the Chalcolithic period to the Late Roman period.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient human settlement
  • Also known as: “Antipatris”, “Ras al-Ain”, and “אנטיפטרוס”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rosh HaAyin–North railway station and Al-Mirr.

Railway station
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The is a suburban passenger railway station in , operated by Israel Railways. It is situated in north near the Kesem Interchange which is located at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Cross-Israel Highway. is situated 2 km north of Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek.

Ruins
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, also named Mahmudiyeh, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on February 1, 1948. is situated 1½ km northwest of Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek.

Residential area
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is a residential area, which is situated 2 km northwest of Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Givat HaShlosha and Rosh HaAyin.

Village
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is a kibbutz in central . Located about 4 km east of , near the river, it falls under the jurisdiction of Drom Hasharon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 742.

Town
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is a city in the of Israel. It is located in the eastern ravine of the Sharon Plain, opposite the Samaria Mountains. The city is named after its location at the source of the .

Village
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is a kibbutz in central . Located near and south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 924. is situated 2½ km south of Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek.

Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek

Latitude
32.10505° or 32° 6′ 18″ north
Longitude
34.93° or 34° 55′ 48″ east
Wheelchair access
limited
Open location code
8G4P4W4H+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 247532189
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q682612
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wolof—“Antipatroos fortress;Tel Afek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أنتيباتريس”
  • Arabic: “تل افاق”
  • Asturian: “Antipatris”
  • Bulgarian: “Антипатрида”
  • Catalan: “Antipatris”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Afeq”
  • Chinese: “安提帕底”
  • Czech: “Tel Afek”
  • Dutch: “Antipatris”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تل افاق”
  • Esperanto: “Antipatrido”
  • Finnish: “Antipatris”
  • French: “Tel Afek”
  • German: “Antipatris”
  • Greek: “Αντιπατρίς”
  • Hebrew: “תל אפק”
  • Hungarian: “Antipatrisz”
  • Indonesian: “Antipatris”
  • Irish: “Antipatris”
  • Italian: “Antipatride”
  • Japanese: “アンティパトリス”
  • Latin: “Antipatris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Antipatris”
  • Portuguese: “Antipátrida”
  • Romanian: “Tel Afek”
  • Russian: “Антипатрида”
  • Spanish: “Antipatris”
  • Swedish: “Antipatris”
  • Turkish: “Antipatris”
  • Ukrainian: “Антипатрида”
  • Wolof: “Antipataris”

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Highlights include The Egyptian Governor’s Residence and The Canaanite Palace.

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