Paran Monastery

Paran Monastery (HM2DY2)

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N 31° 49.929', W 35° 18.257'

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מנזר פארן

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The monastery was built by the monk Haritun in the fourth century CE and is the earliest of the Judean Desert monasteries.
It was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 614 CE. It was rebuilt in the 19th century and is still intermittently inhabited.
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HM NumberHM2DY2
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Date Added Tuesday, January 29th, 2019 at 10:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)25R E 281926 N 3524144
Decimal Degrees31.83215000, -35.30428333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 49.929', W 35° 18.257'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 49' 55.74" N, 35° 18' 15.42" W
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