Jericho

Holy site

city in West Bank, Palestine

Location: 31.8561, 35.4631 · Pleiades 687917

What this place is

  • Holy site — where pilgrims were shown Zacchaeus's sycamore, the spring Elisha healed, and the twelve stones brought out of the Jordan

Who is recorded here

What happened here

In art

About the place

Jericho is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Jericho Governorate. The city is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west.

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