Herodium

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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

Category: Historic Cities and Regions

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

Exact Location

Elevation: 726 m

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