Editing Latrun (section)

====Trappist monastery====
In December 1890, a monastery was established at Latrun by French, German and Flemish monks of the [[Trappist order]], from [[Sept-Fons Abbey]] in France, at the request of Monseigneur Poyet of the [[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem]]. The monastery([[:fr:Abbaye de Latroun|fr]]) is dedicated to [[Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows]]. The liturgy is in French. The monks bought the 'Maccabee Hotel', formerly called 'The Howard' from the Batato brothers together with two-hundred hectares of land and started the community in a building which still stands in the monastic domain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/augustin.tavardon/ACCUEIL+HISTOIRE.htm|title=Orange|website=pagesperso-orange.fr|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> The old monastery complex was built between 1891 and 1897.<ref name=Latroun>[https://ocso.org/monastery/latroun/ Latroun], the abbey's official website. Accessed 11 May 2021.</ref> In 1909 it was given the status of a [[priory]] and that of an [[abbey]] in 1937.<ref name=LatrounAbbey>Latroun Abbey Archive</ref> The community was expelled by the Ottoman Turks between 1914–1918 and the buildings pillaged, a new monastery being built during the next three decades.<ref name=Latroun/>

The monks established a vineyard using knowledge gained in France and advice from an expert in the employ of Baron [[Edmond James de Rothschild]] from the [[Carmel-Mizrahi Winery]]. Today they produce a wide variety of wines that are sold in the Abbey shop and elsewhere.<ref name=Roiter />