Antonia Fortress
The Antonia Fortress was a military barracks built around 19 BC by Herod the Great in Jerusalem on the site of earlier Ptolemaic and Hasmonean strongholds, named after Herod's patron Mark Antony.
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Bayt Ūmmar is a city in Palestine, State of.
Population: 12,238
Latitude: 31° 37' 23.84" N
Longitude: 35° 06' 16.06" E
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