Dayr al-Tur (the Transfiguration monastery)
دير الطور
The monastery on Mount al-Tur — a round mountain broad at its foot between Tiberias and al-Jun overlooking the Ghor and the meadow — stone-built with an abundant spring and many pressed vineyards; called Dayr al-Tajalli, for they hold that Isa was transfigured there before his disciples 1.
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- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
The Monastery of Tur stands on a round mountain, Mount Tur, which is wide at its base, between Tiberias and al-Jawn. It overlooks the Ghawr, the meadow and Tiberias. 1
Al-Umari's description
It has a plentiful spring, and a monastery built of stone on the qibla side, with many vineyards around it that its people press. It is known as the Monastery of the Transfiguration, because its people claim, according to al-Umari, that Jesus appeared to his disciples there. 1
Sources
- Masalik al-absar fi mamalik al-amsar — al-Umari (1924 printing), p. 337
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