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Burj Beitin (Bethel)

Also known as Bethel, al-Burj Beitin

Tower or smaller fortified site West Bank Burj Beitin, West Bank
Burj Beitin (Bethel)

A twelfth-century tower at Burj Beitin, identified by some with biblical Bethel. The tower sits inside a rectangular enclosure and was held at various times by ecclesiastical lords of the kingdom. Substantial walls survive on the hill above the modern village of Beitin.

Coordinates: 31.9227°, 35.2448°

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