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Herodion National Park

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Herodion National Park


Herodion National Park

Herodium or Herodion (from Greek: Ἡρώδειον; Hebrew: הרודיון‎, Arabic: هيروديون‎, Jabal al-Fraidees) is a truncated cone-shaped hill, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Jerusalem and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of Bethlehem, in the Judean desert in the West Bank. Herod the Great built a fortress, a palace and a small town in Herodium, between 23 and 15 BCE, and is believed to been buried there. Herodium is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level,[3] the highest peak in the Judean desert.[4]

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