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Herodium
Herodium
Herodium, Herodion, Jabal al-Fraidees, is a truncated cone-shaped hill, located south of Jerusalem and southeast of Bethlehem, in West Bank. Herod the Great built a fortress, a palace, and a small town in Herodium, between 23 and 15 BC, and is believed to have been buried there.
Site Information
Country: Palestine
District: West Bank
Site History: 1st Century BC
Oldest Culture: Roman
Later Cultures: Roman
Site Features: Roman Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Part of: El-Bariyah, wilderness with monasteries
Date of Submission: 2012
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