Hisham's Palace

archaeological site in the West Bank
Place archaeological_site Q2456319
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Hisham's Palace

Summary

Hisham's Palace is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hisham's Palace is located in Jericho Governorate[3].
  • Hisham's Palace is in the country of Palestinian National Authority[4].
  • Hisham's Palace is in the country of Palestine[5].
  • Hisham's Palace's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Hisham's Palace's instance of is recorded as palace[7].
  • Hisham's Palace's instance of is recorded as Umayyad desert castles[8].
  • Hisham's Palace is owned by Palestine[9].
  • Hisham's Palace's architectural style is recorded as Umayyad architecture[10].
  • Hisham's Palace is made of stone[11].
  • Hisham's Palace's Commons category is recorded as Khirbat al Mafjar[12].
  • Hisham's Palace comprises Khirbat al Mafjar pavilion[13].
  • Hisham's Palace comprises Jericho Gate[14].
  • Hisham's Palace comprises mosque at Hisham's Palace[15].
  • Hisham's Palace comprises North Gate, Hisham's Palace[16].
  • 740 marks the founding of Hisham's Palace[17].
  • Hisham's Palace's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 31.8825, 'longitude': 35.459722222222226}[18].
  • Hisham's Palace's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 31.8819, 'longitude': 35.4598}[19].
  • Hisham's Palace's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Jordan Valley[20].
  • Hisham's Palace's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • Hisham's Palace's shape is recorded as stone[22].
  • Hisham's Palace's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[23].
  • Hisham's Palace's has part is recorded as hammam[24].
  • Hisham's Palace's significant person is recorded as Frederick J. Bliss[25].
  • Hisham's Palace's significant person is recorded as Dimitri Baramki[26].
  • Hisham's Palace's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Dimitri Baramki[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Palestinian National Authority[4], a provisional government[28], in Palestine[29], founded in 1994[30], headquartered in Ramallah[31] and Palestine[5], a country[32], in Palestine[33], founded in 1988[34]. Hisham's Palace is located in Jericho Governorate[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6], palace[7], and Umayyad desert castles[8]. Hisham's Palace's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[23].

History and Context

740 marks the founding of Hisham's Palace[17]. It is owned by Palestine[9].

Why It Matters

Hisham's Palace ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,102 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +0740-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 740"
  2. 8d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style Umayyad architecture
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P149]]: [[Q2147720]], дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  3. 12d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in/on physical feature Jordan Valley
    Shape stone
    Made from material stone
    Floors above ground {'amount': '+2'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P1101]]: 2, remove unit from [[Property:P1101]]"
  4. 12d ago · Ibrohim tijani · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architectural style Umayyad architecture
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P149]]: [[Q2147720]]"
  5. 17w ago · Egezort · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country
    Coordinate location {'latitude': 31.8825, 'longitude': 35.459722222222226}, {'latitude': 31.8819, 'longitude': 35.4598}
    Has part(s) Khirbat al Mafjar pavilion, Jericho Gate, mosque at Hisham's Palace +1
    Instance of archaeological site, palace, Umayyad desert castles
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32891|batch #32891]]: Migrating from P527 to P2670"
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