Syagha

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Syagha is the summit of Mount Nebo, a historically and religiously significant peak traditionally associated with the biblical vantage point of Moses over the Promised Land.

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Label Occurrences
Syagha canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature ⓘ
mountain summit ⓘ
accessibleBy road from Madaba ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod Byzantine ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine period

Early Islamic ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Moses ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
distanceFromMadaba approximately 9 kilometres northwest ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,330 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 710 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasArtifact Byzantine mosaic floors ⓘ
inscriptions in Greek ⓘ
hasChapel chapel dedicated to Moses ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid Mediterranean highland climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude about 31.766° N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude about 35.725° E ⓘ
hasStructure Memorial of Moses ⓘ
Roman-Byzantine basilica remains ⓘ
modern Franciscan church complex ⓘ
monastic ruins ⓘ
viewing platforms ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Mount Nebo site inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List of Jordan ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan ⓘ
Madaba Governorate ⓘ
Mount Nebo ⓘ
managedBy Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land ⓘ
mentionedIn Christian pilgrimage itineraries since at least the 4th century ⓘ
near city of Madaba ⓘ
linked to: Madaba
overlooks Dead Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Judean Desert

Jericho area (in clear weather) ⓘ
Jordan Valley ⓘ
parts of the West Bank ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Christians worldwide ⓘ
some Jewish visitors ⓘ
some Muslim visitors interested in prophetic sites ⓘ
region Transjordan ⓘ
religiousSignificance important pilgrimage site for Christians ⓘ
significant in Jewish tradition as the vantage point of Moses ⓘ
site traditionally associated with the place where Moses viewed the Promised Land ⓘ
visited by pilgrims since early Christian centuries ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
traditionalEvent place where Moses saw the Land of Canaan before his death ⓘ
usedAs Christian monastic center in Byzantine period ⓘ
viewIncludes the Dead Sea ⓘ
linked to: Dead Sea

the Jordan River valley ⓘ
the hills of Jerusalem region (in clear conditions) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Nebo → hasSummit → Syagha ⓘ