Sheep Grazing Near Herodium (Herodion) In The Judea Region. View Of Herodium Fortress. Herodium Or Herodion Is A Hill Shaped Like A Truncated Cone (758 M / 2,487 Ft Above Sea Level), 12 Kilometres (7.5 Mi) Located In The West Bank, Southeast Of Bethlehem And Under Control Of Israel, Built As A Fortress Palace By King Herod The Great. It Was Known By The Crusaders As The "Mountain Of Franks", But Local Arab Inhabitants Call It Jabal Al-Fourdis Or "Mountain Of Paradise"