Abirim

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Metsad Abirim, a ruin of tower or mausoleum near Abirim

Abirim (Template:Langx), also known as Mitzpe Abirim, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, three kilometres from Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In Template:Israel populations it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Israel populations It is located in the middle of a natural oak forest bordering the Nahal Kziv nature reserve.

History

Abirim was established in 1980 on land that had belonged to Fassuta prior to 1948.[1] It was initially named "Eder" and then renamed to "Abirim" after the nearby ruins of Burj Misr (Arabic: "Egyptian Tower"), which was renamed to Horbat Metsad Abirim (Hebrew: "Ruin of the Fortress of the Knights") in 1957.[2][3] The age and original purpose of the ruins is unknown; proposals range from a Crusader stronghold to a mausoleum from the Hellenistic period (4th–3rd centuries BCE).[4][5]

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  1. Survey of Palestine, Map sheet 17-27 Tarbikha, 1:20,000, 1948.
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  3. Government of Israel, ילקוט הפרסומים (Gazette) number 536, 14 May 1957, p. 856.
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