Abu Gosh

Abu Gosh is a village in , . Abu Gosh is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benedictine monastery in Abu Ghosh and Saint Mary of the Resurrection Abbey.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , officially St Mary of the Resurrection Abbey, is a monastery run by the Olivetan Benedictine order in , .

Monastery
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
The Resurrection Church, or the Church of the Crusaders in Abu Gosh, is the name given to a Catholic religious building consisting of a structure of the time of the Crusaders who belonged to the Knights Hospitaller, and today is a part of the , in central .

Mosque
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu Ghosh and Kiryat Ye’arim.

Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an Arab-Israeli town of 7,500 people in . It is in one of the earliest areas of human habitation in Israel. Archaeological excavations have revealed three Neolithic settlement phases, the middle phase is dated to the 7th millennium BCE.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kiryat Ye'arim, also known as Telz-Stone, is a strictly Orthodox town in the of . It is located in the approximate area of an ancient place mentioned in the Bible, from which it takes its name.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in the Judean Hills of . It was the first kibbutz established in the Judean Hills. It is located west of , and falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 476.

Abu Gosh

Latitude
31.80722° or 31° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
35.10974° or 35° 6′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G3QR445+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 621200972
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Abu Gosh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو غوش‎”
  • Czech: “Abú Ghoš”
  • French: “Abou Gosh”
  • Hebrew: “אבו גוש”
  • Russian: “Абу-Гош”

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