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Latrun Monastery

Latrun Monastery

‎The Latrun Monastery on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. The name Latrun is a Hebrew distortion of Le Toron de Chevaliers (Tower of the Knights), the name of the Crusader castle that stood here in the 12th century. In the 15th century it was identified as the birthplace of the good thief who was crucified next to Jesus. Hence the name Castrum Boni Latronis, the Castle of the Good Thief. The present monastery, built in 1890, belongs to Sisterian Trappist monks of the Benedictine Order. They advocate a life of humility and physical work, contemplation and prayer, and they speak only when necessary. The monastery is surrounded by olive groves and citrus trees, a vegetable garden and vineyards for production of the famous Latrun wines.

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