Mount Nebo is a high mountain range in Jordan, approximately 817 meters (2,680 feet) above sea level, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the place where Moses was given View of the Promised Land. The view from the summit offers a panorama of the Holy Land, to the north, which is more limited than the Jordan River Valley. The West Bank city of Jericho is usually visible from the top, as in Jerusalem
After the last chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses went up to Mount Nebo to see the land of Israel, of which God had said he would not go and die there; He was buried in an unknown valley in Moab. According to the Christian tradition, Moses was buried on the mountain, although his burial place is not specified. Some Islamic traditions said that although there is a tomb of Moses in Maqam El-Nabi Musa, 11 km south of Jericho and 20 km east of Jerusalem in the Judean desert. Scholars continue to deny whether the mountain, now known as Nebo, is the same as the mountain referred to in Deuteronomy. According to 2 Maccabees, the prophet Jeremiah hid the peninsula and the covenant in a cave there. On 20 March 2000 Pope John Paul II visited the site during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. During his visit, he planted an olive tree beside the Byzantine chapel as a symbol of peace. Pope Benedict XVI Visited the site in 2009, delivered a speech and looked from the top of the mountain towards Jerusalem. A serpentine cross-sculpture (the Brazen Serpent Monument) on Mount Nebo was created by the Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni. It is symbolic of the bronze serpent Moses created in the desert and the cross on which Jesus was crucified.