A few kilometres north of Hebron's city centre, near the Russian Orthodox monastery of the Holy Trinity, stands a very old terebinth tree known as Abraham's Oak. The site is identified in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim tradition as the place where Abraham pitched his tent at Mamre and received three angelic visitors. The monastery was built here in the 19th century by the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society and contains a well-tended garden and a small church.
The tree is one of the largest of its species in the region and, despite being a replacement for the original, has itself aged to the point of gnarled impressiveness. The monastery grounds are open to visitors; the site is quiet and makes a pleasant contrast to the tension of the old city. Mamre is also mentioned in the Bible as the place where Abraham heard the news of Lot's capture and set off to rescue him.