Mount Quarantania

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Mount Quarantania is a cliffside mountain near Jericho traditionally identified as the site where Jesus fasted and was tempted by the devil according to the New Testament.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mount Quarantania canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ
biblical site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
accessibleBy cable car ⓘ
footpath ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jabal al-Qarantal ⓘ
linked to: Jabal al-Quruntul

Jabal al-Quruntul ⓘ
Mount of Temptation ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Temptation of Christ ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Jesus ⓘ
Satan ⓘ
associatedWithText Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,150 feet ⓘ
approximately 350 metres ⓘ
hasChapel cave chapels ⓘ
hasFeature rocky slopes ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificanceFor Christians ⓘ
linked to: Christian Church

pilgrims to the Holy Land ⓘ
hasStructure Greek Orthodox monastery ⓘ
Monastery of the Temptation ⓘ
locatedIn Judean Desert ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
locatedNear Jericho ⓘ
monasteryBuiltInto cliff face ⓘ
monasteryDenomination Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
nameLanguage Italian ⓘ
nameMeaning Forty (referring to forty days of fasting) ⓘ
nearBorderWith Jordan ⓘ
nearCity Jericho ⓘ
overlooks Jericho ⓘ
Jordan Valley ⓘ
partOf Holy Land pilgrimage sites ⓘ
region Palestine ⓘ
religionTradition Christianity ⓘ
timePeriodOfTradition early Christian centuries ⓘ
tourismType pilgrimage ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
traditionallyIdentifiedAs place where Jesus fasted forty days ⓘ
site of Jesus' temptation ⓘ
usedAs hermitage site in antiquity ⓘ
viewIncludes Dead Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Judean Desert

Jordan River valley ⓘ
linked to: Jordan Valley

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mount of Temptation → hasNameInGreek → Mount Quarantania ⓘ
Jabal al-Quruntul → hasAlternativeName → Mount Quarantania ⓘ