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Qesari, H̲orbat (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 53 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.8833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site used by Herod as navy base. Important center of early Christianity, made Roman capital of Judaea in 6 CE. Capital of Palaestina Prima under Byzantine Empire. Fortifications strengthened 1251 by Louis IX. Destroyed by Baybars I 1265. |
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| Qesari, H̲orbat (preferred,C,V,Hebrew (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| H̲orbat Qesari (C,V,display)
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| Cæsarea (C,O)
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| Caesarea (C,O,English-P)
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| Caesaria Maritima (C,O)
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| Caesarea Maritima (C,O)
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| Caesarea Palestinae (C,O)
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| Qisaraya (C,O)
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| Qisarya (C,O)
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| Kaisariy (C,O)
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| קיסריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Horbat Qesari (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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H̲efa (national district) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Judaea (historical region) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded by Herod the Great |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Roman Judaea; of Roman Syria-Palaestina; of Byzantine Palaestina Prima |
| port (H) |
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ancient |
| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Judaea .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Asia, Yisra'el) [7001407] |
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capital of the Roman province from 6 CE |
| capital of .... |
Palaestina Prima .......... (province) |
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(World, Byzantine Empire) [7030337] |
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