Bayt 'Ur al-Fauqa (Bethoron Superior)

Also known as Bethoron Superior, Vetus Bethor

Bayt 'Ur al-Fauqa — biblical Upper Beth Horon — stood on the ancient pass from the coastal plain up to Jerusalem. A Frankish tower known simply as al-Burj ('the tower') marked the Crusader presence there; the village was granted to the Holy Sepulchre in the twelfth century.

Coordinates: 31.8855°, 35.1155°

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