Meiron
Sign in to saveMeiron (; ) was a Palestinian village, located west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom, excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The remains include a 3rd-century synagogue, attesting to Meiron's prominence as a local religious centre.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מרום הגליל
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 985
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Meiron
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Mirun, Meron, Meroon, Marun, Meirun, Mairun
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Meiron (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 191/265
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Safad Subdistrict
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- Pilgrims on the way to Meiron c. 1920.jpg
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History and archaeology
- Location
- Settlement periods
- Middle Palaeolithic and Chalcolithic periods
- Bronze and Iron Ages
- Classical antiquity
- Early Islamic to Mamluk periods
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- 1948 War and aftermath
- State of Israel
- Jewish religious significance
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Meiron (; ) was a Palestinian village, located west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom, excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The remains include a 3rd-century synagogue, attesting to Meiron's prominence as a local religious centre.
From the 13th century CE onward, Meiron was a popular site for Jewish pilgrims. During Ottoman rule in Palestine, the population fluctuated considerably, with at least two-thirds of the population being Arab Muslims although landownership was split almost evenly between Arabs and Jews. The village was depopulated in two phases during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. In 1949, demobilized soldiers founded the moshav of Meron in the region.