Imwas
Imwas or Emmaus, known in classical times as Nicopolis, is a former Palestinian village ethnically cleansed by Israel, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of the city of Ramla and 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank.
Imwas or Emmaus, known in classical times as Nicopolis, is a former Palestinian village ethnically cleansed by Israel, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of the city of Ramla and 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank. It is traditionally identified with the biblical Emmaus. In 1967, the village's population was expelled and its buildings razed by Israeli forces as part of the Naksa during the Six-Day War.
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Worth seeing in and around Imwas
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mini Israel
Mini Israel is a miniature park located near Latrun in the Jerusalem District within the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel.
2.2 km · miniature park in Israel · Wikipedia - 02Yad La-Shiryon
Yad La-Shiryon is Israel's official memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps, as well as one of the most diverse tank museums in the world. The cornerstone for Yad La-Shiryon was laid on December 14, 1982.
1.1 km · military museum in Latrun, Israel · Wikipedia - 03Canada Park
Canada Park is a national park stretching over 7,000 dunams in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The park is located north of Highway 1, and is situated near the Ayalon Valley, between the Latrun Interchange and Sha'ar HaGai.
600 m · Israeli National park · Wikipedia - 04Hatula
Hatula is an early Neolithic archeological site in the Judean hills south of Latrun, beside Nahshon Stream, in Israel, 20 kilometres west of Jerusalem. The site is 15 metres above the riverbed on a rocky slope in an alluvial valley.
1.7 km · archaeological site in Israel · Wikipedia - 05Horvat Eqed
Khirbet el-ʻAqd or Horvat ʻEqed is an archaeological site in the Latrun salient of the West Bank, approximately 22 km northwest of Jerusalem. The site, situated on a hill, contains the ruins of an ancient fortified town dating from the Hellenistic period through the Bar Kokhba Revolt, after which the site was ultimately abandoned.
1.6 km · archaeological site in Judea and Samaria Area, Israel · Wikipedia
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Getting to Imwas
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 21 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 96 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 96 km
- Eilat → Imwas281 km · quickest by air, 4h 17m · ₪300–460
- Amman → Imwas10 km · quickest by road, 26 min · JD0.5
- El Arish → Imwas215 km · quickest by road, 6h 25m · E£465–620
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No local-transport research exists yet for Imwas
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Imwas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Imwas
Imwas is 23 km from West Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Neve Shalomhuman settlement2.8 km
- Sha'alvimkibbutz located in the Central district of Israel.3.2 km
- Dayr Ayyubvillage in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine2.9 km
- Salbitdepopulated Palestinian village3.2 km
- Nof AyalonCommunity settlement in Israel3.4 km
- Bayt Susinvillage in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine4 km