🌲 Sepphoris

Israel · Asia · National Park · 32.75°N, 35.28°E

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Sepphoris
Sepphoris, known in Hebrew as Tzipori and in Arabic as Saffuriya, is one of the most excavated and studied archaeological sites in Israel. Over time, the site was home to many civilizations. It was a Jewish city during classical antiquity, and was the epicenter of second century Jewish life. In the modern era it was the Palestinian town of Saffuriya, which was the second largest in the Nazareth Subdistrict after Nazareth itself.

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Quick facts

CountryIsrael
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)32.75°N, 35.28°E · view on map

Sepphoris is a national park in Israel, in Asia. The details of why Sepphoris is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Israel

Castel National Park · Ramat Gan National Park · Saint Peter Church, Capernaum · Mount Arbel · Yotvata Hai-Bar Nature Reserve · Tel Be'er Sheva · Migdal Afek · Nahal Taninim · Belvoir Fortress · Carmel Hai-Bar Nature Reserve.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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