Khirbat Al-Burj, Haifa
Khirbat Al-Burj was a former Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948. Presently, Khirbat Al-Burj (lit. "ruin of the tower") or Burj Binyamina is a ruined stone-built structure in the Sharon Plain 1 km south of Binyamina from the Ottoman period, situated at a crossroads and believed to be either a mansion connected to an estate, a fortified farmhouse, or a khan (caravanserai).
Khirbat Al-Burj
Burj Binyamina | |
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| Etymology: "The tower" in Arabic | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Burj (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Al-Burj Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′35″N 34°56′28″E | |
| Palestine grid | 144/212 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Current Localities | Binyamina |
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