Staroveké pamiatky v Izraeli

Ancient Sites & Ruins

This collection spans nearly 3,000 years of history, featuring Jerusalem’s iconic fortifications like the 16th-century Damascus Gate and the 2,700-year-old Tower of David. Explore the desert engineering of the Masada fortress and the Nabataean ruins of Shivta in the Negev. Coastal sites include the Roman amphitheater of Caesarea and the Crusader stronghold of Apollonia. The list also highlights significant religious landmarks, including the biblical City of David, the ancient fishing village of Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee, and the UNESCO-listed Jewish necropolis at Beit She’arim.

Ancient Sites & Ruins — Mapa

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Tower of David

The city's Citadel known as the Tower of David dates more than 2.700 years back.

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Damascus Gate

This gate, considered the most impressive and important gateway to the Old City, was named after the road coming out of it, leading in the…

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Golden Gate

Visit the oldest gate in Jerusalem, built in the 6th/7th century and sealed since the 16th century!

Public domain

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City Of David

Visit the place where King David established his kingdom, and where the history of this country was written.

Karel Stojaspal / CC-BY-SA

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Masada

This place is known as the infamous site of a mass suicide of 960 people who, during First Jewish–Roman War, decided to commit suicide…

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Caesarea Old City

Caesarea () also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the…

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Caesarea Amphitheater

Caesarea, also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the…

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Tomb of the Virgin Mary

Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary or the Church of the Assumption, is a Christian church built around an…

Ewa Szymonik / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Jerusalem Archaeological Park

Despite the location, this archaeological gem is often overlooked. Get off the beaten path and explore those mind-blowing remains!

Footballkickit / CC BY 3.0

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Garden Tomb

Unearthed only in 1867, this location is believed to be the possible site where Jesus Christ was buried after his crucifixion, and where he…

Gary Bridgman / CC BY-SA 2.5

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Pool of Bethesda

The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a…

Herwig Reidlinger / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Jaffa Gate

Ottomans built this gate in the 16th century to mark the end of the road leading from the port city of Jaffa.

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Tel Be'er Sheva

Tel Sheva or Tel Be'er Sheva, also known as Tell es-Seba, is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the…

Berthold Werner / Public domain

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Lions' Gate

Lions' Gate, also St Stephen's Gate, is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Beit She`arim

Beit She'arim Necropolis is an extensive rock-cut necropolis located near the ancient Jewish town of Beit She'arim, 20 km east of Haifa in…

David Shankbone / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Capernahum

Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Herwig Reidlinger / CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Kokhav HaYarden

Belvoir Castle, also called Coquet by the Crusaders, also Kochav HaYarden and Kawkab al-Hawa, is a Crusader castle in northern Israel, on a…

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Shivta Ruins

Shivta, originally Sobata or Subeita, is an ancient city in the Negev Desert of Israel located 43 kilometers southwest of Beersheba.

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Tel Arshaf

Apollonia, known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an ancient city on the…

אור פ / Cc-by-sa-3.0

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Montfort

Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10…