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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Jacob's Well (Bir Ya'Qub) Alternative Name: Bir Ya'Qub,Jacob's Fountain,Well of SycharCountry: Palestine
NOTE: This site is 1.467 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Nablus
Latitude: 32.211944N Longitude: 35.277778E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Palestine
Ancient well associated with Jacob by oral tradition and by a mention in the bible. Jesus "came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob's Well was there"
The well is now within an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the town of Nablus, and is, at least in theory, accessible to visitors.
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