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.

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Label Occurrences
Mount Quarantania canonical 2

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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

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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