Deir Qeruh

settlement · 300 AD – 640 AD

Deir Qeruh is a Byzantine-period village located in the Golan Heights within the Israeli national park of the Gamla nature reserve. The village was founded in the fourth century CE, and a church and monastery followed in the sixth century. The village was abandoned following the Arab conquest.

Coordinates

32.90615, 35.74592

Also known as

Dayr Quruh, Dayr Qurūḩ, Deir Quruh, Deir Qurūḥ, dyr qrwh, דיר קרוח, دير قروح

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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