Miẕpé Kinneret
District of
Northern District - Israel

Capernaum

Capernaum was a fishing village in the time of the Hasmoneans. Located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter.

Located at 32.8811, 35.575 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.242 miles away.
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Ancient Jewish villages in the Land of Israel, Archaeological sites in Israel, National parks of Israel, New Testament places, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Octagonal buildings, Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel, Catholic pilgrimage sites, Ancient churches in the Holy Land

Tabgha

Tabgha is an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is the traditional site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the fourth resurrection appearance of Jesus in Christianity. Until 1948, it was the site of an Arab village. The site's name is derived from the Greek name Heptapegon ("seven springs"). St. Jerome referred to Tabgha as "the solitude" (=eremos).

Located at 32.8737, 35.549 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.240 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Israel, Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, District of Tiberias, New Testament places

Tel Hazor

Tel Hazor, also Hatzor, present day Tell el-Qedah, is a tell above the site of ancient Hazor. Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high ground overlooking Lake Merom. The expedition to Hazor in the mid-1950s under Yigal Yadin was the most important archaeological excavation undertaken by Israel in its early years of statehood.

Located at 33.0182, 35.5691 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.247 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Israel, World Heritage Sites in Israel, National parks of Israel, Amarna letters locations, Canaanite cities, Former populated places in Southwest Asia

Ein al-Zeitun massacre

The Ein al Zeitun massacre occurred on May 1, 1948 at the Arab village of Ein al-Zeitun just north of Safed, then part of the British Mandate for Palestine. Between 30 and 70 Arab prisoners were killed by the Palmach. Ein al Zeitun at this time was an Arab village of about 800 inhabitants. It was believed by local Jews that Arabs from the village had taken part in a 1929 massacre of Jews in Safed and the massacre is assumed to be as a point of revenge.

Located at 32.9872, 35.4916 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.242 miles away.
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Mass murder in 1948, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, History of Palestine, Massacres in Palestine

Mount of Beatitudes

The Mount of Beatitudes refers to the hill in northern Israel where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount.

Located at 32.8822, 35.5552 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Mountains of Israel, New Testament places

Rosh Pina Airport

Rosh Pina Airport, sometimes called Mahanayim Airfield due to its proximity to Mahanayim, is an Israeli airport located in Rosh Pina, near the Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Industrial Park.

Located at 32.981, 35.5719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.246 miles away.
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Airports in Israel

Church of the Beatitudes

The Church of the Beatitudes is a Roman Catholic church located by the Sea of Galilee near Tabgha and Capernaum in Israel.

Located at 32.8809, 35.5558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Israel, Religious buildings completed in 1938, Churches in Israel, Catholic pilgrimage sites

Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue

The Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue, located in Safed, Israel, was built in memory of Rabbi Isaac Luria, (1534 - 1572), who was known as the "Ari". It dates from the late 16th-century, it being constructed several years after the death of Luria, a great kabbalist who arrived in Safed in 1570. A Hebrew inscription above the entrance lintel reads: "How awe-inspiring is this place, the synagogue of the Ari of blessed memory. ” The synagogue is known for its colorful and ornate Holy Ark.

Located at 32.9686, 35.4867 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Synagogues in Safed, 16th-century synagogues, Orthodox synagogues in Israel, Isaac Luria

Tzahar

The Tzahar region is part of Galilee, in Israel. Its name is an acronym for the three cities it contains: Safed (Tzfat), Hazor HaGelilit and Rosh Pinna. The population of the region is almost entirely Jewish and numbers 40,000. It is twinned with West Palm Beach, Florida,

Located at 32.9699, 35.5257 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.243 miles away.
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Regions of Israel

Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well)

The ruins at Jubb Yussef in the Galilee are identified with the pit in Dothan, into which the Biblical figure Joseph was cast into by his brothers, later to be sold to a caravan of Midianites making its way toward Egypt. For centuries, the site served as a crossroads on the Via Maris linking Egypt, Syria, and Mesopotamia. From the 10th century onward, it is mentioned as a landmark, a holy place, and a source of water for caravans.

Located at 32.9194, 35.5369 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Water wells, District of Safad, Archaeological sites in Israel

Kahal

Kahal is a moshav in the Galilee near Highway 85 in northern Israel. The moshav is a combined agricultural community. It lies at the border of the Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, north of Lake Kinneret and just northwest of Tabgha. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and was established in 1980. {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }}

Located at 32.8918, 35.5096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.239 miles away.
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Moshavim

Mishmar HaYarden (moshava)

Mishmar HaYarden was a moshava (Jewish settlement) that was established in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel during the First Aliyah. It was destroyed during the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. Its Hebrew name meant Guardian of the Jordan. The moshava was located on the road connecting Safed with Damascus west of the Bnot Ya'akov Bridge. It was first founded in 1884 as a private farm named "Shoshanat HaYarden" (Rose of the Jordan) by Mordecai Isaac Lubowsky.

Located at 33.0029, 35.5998 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.248 miles away.
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Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Karkom

Karkom is a communal settlement in northern Israel near the Jordan River, east of Hatzor HaGlilit and just north of the Kinneret. It belongs to Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. The community was founded in 1986 by residents of nearby moshavim. 160 families live in Karkom. The community is named after an old settlement in antiquity in the area that was also called "Karkom. " {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }}

Located at 32.9305, 35.6081 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.245 miles away.
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Community settlements in Israel

Church of the Multiplication

The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, shortened to (The Church of the Multiplication), is a Roman Catholic church located in Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The modern church rests on the site of two earlier churches.

Located at 32.8733, 35.5486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.240 miles away.
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Roman Catholic churches in Israel, Churches in Israel

Church of the Primacy of St. Peter

The Church of the Primacy of St. Peter is a Franciscan church located in Tabgha, Israel, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It commemorates Jesus' reinstatement of Peter as chief among the Apostles.

Located at 32.8739, 35.5494 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.240 miles away.
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Franciscan churches, Churches in Israel, Roman Catholic churches completed in 1933, Roman Catholic churches in Israel

Domus Galilaeae

Domus Galilaeae or House of Galilee, located on the peak of Mount of Beatitudes, above and north of Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee, is a modern Christian meeting place, primarily used for Christian seminars and conventions. Run by the Catholic organisation Neocatechumenal Way, Domus Galilaeae employs about 150 persons full-time, including laborers, technicians, and volunteers. There are 37 Arab Christian workers, 32 Arab Muslims, 20 Druzes, 10 Maronites, and 21 Hebrew technicians.

Located at 32.9022, 35.5518 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Churches in Israel, Christianity in Israel, Roman Catholic churches in Israel

Church of the Seven Apostles

The Church of the Seven Apostles is a Greek Orthodox church located at the shore of the Sea of Galilee near Capernaum (Kefar Nachum) in Israel.

Located at 32.8818, 35.5773 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.242 miles away.
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Churches in Israel, Greek Orthodox churches

Galilee earthquake of 1837

The Galilee earthquake of 1837, often called the Safed earthquake, was a devastating earthquake that shook the Galilee on January 1 and is one of a number of moderate to large events that have occurred along the Dead Sea Transform (DST) fault system that marks the boundary of two tectonic plates; the African Plate on the west and the Arabian Plate on the east.

Located at 33, 35.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.243 miles away.
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Earthquakes in the Levant, 1837 earthquakes, History of Safed

Khirbat al-Minya

Khirbat al-Minya (also known as Ayn Minyat Hisham) is an Umayyad-built palace in the eastern Galilee, Israel, located about 200 meters west of the northern end of the Lake Tiberias. It was erected as a qasr complex, with a palace, mosque, and bath built by a single patron.

Located at 32.88, 35.5683 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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8th-century architecture, Umayyad palaces, Arabic architecture, History of the Middle East, Cultural Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, Archaeological sites in Israel, National parks of Israel

Birya Fortress

Birya Fortress is a fortress built during the British Mandate, near the modern town of Birya. In 1946 the Birya affair took place here, and now it is a museum. Birya was founded by the Palmach on January 8, 1945 and the fortress built thereafter. In addition to its civilian purpose, the settlement was intended to serve as a base for the defense of Jews in nearby Safed, which at the time had an Arab majority, and as a waystation for Jewish immigrants arriving from Syria.

Located at 32.9904, 35.5079 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.243 miles away.
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History museums in Israel, North District (Israel)

Ein Zeitim

Ein Zeitim was a kibbutz near Safed established in 1891. It was founded by members of the Dorshei Zion (Seekers of Zion) society, a Zionist pioneer group from Minsk. Despite strong opposition by the Turkish government, the settlers managed to create farms with olive groves, orchards and dairy and poultry. Ein Zeitim was built 800m north of the Arab village Ein al-Zeitun, which had commonly been called Ein Zeitim in Hebrew and had been a mixed Arab-Jewish village during the Middle Ages.

Located at 32.9972, 35.4859 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.242 miles away.
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Former kibbutzim, Populated places established in 1891, Jewish villages in the Ottoman Empire, Jewish villages in the Mandate for Palestine

Nahal Amud

The Nahal Amud, also known as the Wadi Amud, is a stream in the Upper Galilee that spills into the Sea of Galilee. The stream's source, Ramat Dalton, is located 800 meters above sea level. Its drainage basin includes the peaks of Mount Canaan (955 meters) and Mount Meron (1,204 meters) and flows south through eastern Galilee to the northwest part of the Sea of Galilee - a height of less than 200 meters below sea level.

Located at 32.8809, 35.5033 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.238 miles away.
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Rivers of Israel, Nature reserves in Israel, Archaeological sites in Israel, Prehistoric sites in Israel

Abuhav synagogue

The Abuhav Synagogue is a 15th-century synagogue in Safed, Israel, named after 15th-century Spanish rabbi and kabbalist, Isaac Abuhav. Its design is said to be based upon kabbalistic teachings.

Located at 32.9691, 35.4914 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Synagogues in Safed, 16th-century synagogues

Vered Hagalil

Vered Hagalil (Means "Rose of Galilee" in Hebrew) is an American-style ranch in the Galilee, uphill from the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee The ranch was founded in 1961 by Yehuda Avni, a Chicago-born Jew who established himself in Israel in 1949. At the time, it was a largely barren hillside, where they built the ranch-house, and for many years cultivated roses that were used to manufacture a rose-drink.

Located at 32.905, 35.5506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.241 miles away.
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Hotels in Israel, Hebrew words and phrases

Dalton Winery

The Dalton Winery was founded in 1995 by members of the Haruni family who moved to Israel from England. The chief winemaker is Na'ama Sorkin, who has been with Dalton since 2002. The winery releases wines under several labels, and beginning with the 2006 vintage the winery released wines under the Matatia label, destined to become the company's flagship brand, with wines released only in select vintage years as judged by the winemakers. Current production is about 850,000 bottles annually.

Located at 33.0176, 35.491 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3.243 miles away.
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Companies established in 1995, Wineries of Israel