French Hill 1: Desert View Traditional Cache
French Hill 1: Desert View
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French Hill (Hebrew: הגבעה הצרפתית "HaGiv'a HaTzarfatit", Arabic: التلة الفرنسية "at-tel al-faransiya"). The source of the name is unclear. According to local legend, it was named after a British general, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres who is said to have had his headquarters on this hill. According to this legend there was a mistake with the translation to Hebrew that named the place after the country France (in Hebrew: Tzarfat). However, French never served in this region. According to Israeli geographer Zev Vilnay, the land belonged to the Catholic Monastery of St. Anne, whose monks hailed mainly from France. If the neighborhood had been named for General French, the correct name in Hebrew would have been "Giv'at French". [excerpted from Wikipedia]
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Va n yvggyr haxrzcg tneqra, ng gur onfr bs n gerr. Ybbx sbe n thz obggyr oruvaq n oebxra sybjre cbg.
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