Herod's Palace

Herod’s Palace may refer to any of several palace-fortresses built (or rebuilt from previous fortresses) during the reign of Herod the Great, King of Judea from 37 BC to 4 BC. Mostly in ruins today, several have been excavated.


 * Herod's Palace (Jerusalem), in the northwest corner of the city walls of the Upper City
 * Herod's Palace (Herodium), winter palace at Herodium in the Judean desert 12 kilometers south of Jerusalem
 * Masada, on a small mountain
 * Caesarea Maritima, on a promontory in the sea
 * Three winter palaces at Jericho
 * Machaerus, Hasmonean fortress rebuilt by Herod in 30 BC
 * Cypros Palace near Jericho, named by Herod in memory of his mother, Cypros
 * Alexandrium, a Hasmonean palace which Herod rebuilt lavishly.