Deir Rafat
This article is about the monastery. For the depopulated Palestinian Arab village located 2 km east, see Dayr Rafat.
| Deir Rafat דיר ראפאת دير رفات | |
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  Deir Rafat | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′33.53″N 34°56′46.75″E / 31.7759806°N 34.9463194°ECoordinates: 31°46′33.53″N 34°56′46.75″E / 31.7759806°N 34.9463194°E | |
| District | Jerusalem |
| Council | Mateh Yehuda |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Founded by | Luigi Barlassina |
| Population (2011) | 66 |
Deir Rafat (Arabic: دير رفات, Hebrew: דיר ראפאת) is a Catholic monastery and former Palestinian Arab village in central Israel, 26 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Located to the northwest of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2011, it had a population of 66.[1]
The monastery was established in 1927 by the Latin patriarch Luigi Barlassina.
Gallery
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The monastery
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The doors with "Ave Maria" in many languages
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Inside the monastery
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Prayer book
References
- ↑ Population by settlement Central Bureau of Statistics
Bibliography
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deir Rafat. |
- Betzer, Pablo (2014-12-14). "Deir Rafat (East)" (126). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 154-5)
- Guérin, Victor (1868). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. (p. 20)
External links
- SWP map XVII, IAA
- SWP map 17, Wikimedia commons
