Banias
Banias, also spelled Banyas, is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archaeological site in the Golan Heights
- Also known as: “Bâniâs” and “Banyas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pan Temple and Banias waterfall.
Pan Temple
Archaeological site
Photo: Gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pan Temple is an archaeological site, which is situated 190 metres northeast of Banias.
Banias waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Banias waterfall is situated 1¼ km southwest of Banias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Snir and Shebaa Farms.
Snir
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Snir is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Hula Valley near Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 749.
Shebaa Farms
Locality
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
The Shebaa Farms, also spelled Sheba'a Farms, also known as Mount Dov, is a strip of land on the Lebanese–Syrian border that is currently occupied by Israel. Shebaa Farms is situated 3½ km north of Banias.
Ein Qiniyye
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Qiniyye or 'Ayn Qunya is a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied southern foothills of Mount Hermon, 750 meters above sea level. It was granted local council status in 1982. Ein Qiniyye is situated 4 km east of Banias.
Banias
- Categories: archaeological site, village, and tourism
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.24748° or 33° 14′ 51″ northLongitude
35.6934° or 35° 41′ 36″ eastElevation
352 metres (1,155 feet)Open location code
8G5Q6MWV+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 12652813076OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Banias” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πανεάς”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πανειάς”
- Arabic: “بانياس الحولة”
- Arabic: “بانياس”
- Armenian: “Բանիաս”
- Bulgarian: “Баниас (град)”
- Bulgarian: “Баниас”
- Catalan: “Paneas”
- Chinese: “凱撒利亞腓立比”
- Chinese: “班尼亞斯（地名）”
- Chinese: “班尼亞斯河”
- Chinese: “黑門山國家公園”
- Chinese: “黑门山国家公园”
- Czech: “Banias”
- Danish: “Banias”
- Danish: “Cæsarea Filippi”
- Danish: “Paneas”
- Dutch: “Panias”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بانياس الحوله”
- Esperanto: “Banias”
- Esperanto: “Banjas”
- French: “Baniyas”
- French: “Caesarea Philippi”
- German: “Banyas”
- Hebrew: “Bāniyās”
- Hebrew: “אתר מעיינות ומקדש הבניאס”
- Hebrew: “בניאס”
- Hebrew: “בניס”
- Italian: “Banias”
- Japanese: “バニアス”
- Macedonian: “Банијас”
- Macedonian: “Панеада”
- Malayalam: “ബനിയാസ്, ലെവന്റ് പ്രദേശം”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banias”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Banias”
- Norwegian: “Banias”
- Persian: “بانیاس الحوله”
- Polish: “Banias”
- Polish: “Banjas”
- Portuguese: “Banias”
- Romanian: “Banias”
- Russian: “Баниас”
- Russian: “Банияс”
- Russian: “Панеада”
- Slovenian: “Banjas”
- Spanish: “Banias”
- Spanish: “Cesarea de Filipo”
- Spanish: “Neronica”
- Swedish: “Banias”
- Turkish: “Banias”
- Ukrainian: “Баніас”
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