Herodium or
Herodion (from ; , ,
Jabal al-Fraidees) is a truncated cone-shaped hill, located south of
Jerusalem and southeast of
Bethlehem, in the
Judaean Desert,
West Bank.
Herod the Great built a fortress, a palace, and a small town in Herodium, between 23 and 15 BCE, and is believed to have been buried there. Herodium is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above
sea level, the highest peak in the Judaean Desert. Today, the site is managed by the
Israel National Parks Authority.