Herod’s Palace may refer to any of several palace-fortresses built (or rebuilt from previous fortresses) during the reign of

Herod the Great Herod I (; ; grc-gre, ; c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE), also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman Jewish client king of Judea, referred to as the Herodian kingdom. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea, including his renov ...

, King of Judea from 37 BC to 4 BC. Mostly in ruins today, several have been excavated. *

Herod's Palace (Jerusalem) Herod's Palace at Jerusalem was built in the last quarter of the 1st century BC by Herod I the Great, King of Judea from 37 BC to 4 BC. It was the second most important building in Jerusalem, after the Temple itself, in Herod's day and was situ ...

, 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 Caesarea Maritima (; Greek: ''Parálios Kaisáreia''), formerly Strato's Tower, also known as Caesarea Palestinae, was an ancient city in the Sharon plain on the coast of the Mediterranean, now in ruins and included in an Israeli national park ...

, on a promontory in the sea * Three winter palaces at

Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...

* Machaerus, Hasmonean fortress rebuilt by Herod in 30 BC * Cypros Palace near

, named by Herod in memory of his mother,

Cypros Antipater I the Idumaean, he, ''‘Ānṭīpāṭrūs'' (born 113 or 114 BCE, died 43 BCE) was the founder of the Herodian Dynasty and father of Herod the Great. According to Josephus, he was the son of Antipas; Hebrew: אנטיפס) and had ...

Alexandrium Alexandreion (Greek), or Alexandrium (Latin), called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the Hasmoneans between Scythopolis and Jerusalem on a pointy barren hill towering ...

, a Hasmonean palace which Herod rebuilt lavishly.

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