Tabgha
Tabgha is an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel and a depopulated Palestinian village. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the third resurrection appearance of Jesus after his Crucifixion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hotel
- Description: hamlet on the shore of Sea of Galilee
- Also known as: “Akhsanit Kare Deshe”, “Kare Deshe”, “Karei-Deshé”, and “Tabgha Hospice”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kinneret and Khirbet Minya.
Kinneret
Archaeological site
Photo: Drahnier, Copyrighted free use.
Kinneret is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city of the ancient Levant situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was first mentioned in the 14th century BC Tale of Aqhat of Ugarit, and in also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Kinneret is situated 200 metres northwest of Tabgha.
Khirbet Minya
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Khirbet Minya, also known as Qasr al-Minya or Ayn Minyat Hisham in Arabic and Horvat/Hurvat Minnim in Hebrew, is an Umayyad-built qasr in eastern Galilee, Israel, about 200 meters west of the northern end of Lake Tiberias. Khirbet Minya is situated 630 metres southwest of Tabgha.
Church of Loaves and Fishes
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, shortened to the Church of the Multiplication, is a Roman Catholic church located at Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Church of Loaves and Fishes is situated 1 km northeast of Tabgha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalmanutha and Mount of Beatitudes.
Dalmanutha
Locality
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Dalmanutha or Dalmanoutha is the unknown destination of Jesus on the shores of the Sea of Gallilee after he fed the four thousand, as recorded in Mark's gospel.
Mount of Beatitudes
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Mount of Beatitudes is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is the traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
Tabgha
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Tabgha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الطابغة”
- Arabic: “الطابغه”
- Arabic: “طابغة”
- Breton: “Tabgha”
- Catalan: “Tabgha”
- Chinese: “塔布加”
- Dutch: “Tabgha”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الطابغه”
- French: “Tabgha”
- German: “En Sheva”
- German: “Tabgha”
- Hebrew: “א-טאבעה”
- Hebrew: “א-טבח’ה”
- Hebrew: “א-טבחה”
- Hebrew: “א-טבעה”
- Hebrew: “אכסנית כרי דשא”
- Hebrew: “אלטאבעה”
- Hebrew: “אלטבח’ה”
- Hebrew: “אלטבחה”
- Hebrew: “אלטבעה”
- Hebrew: “טאבח’ה”
- Hebrew: “טאבעה”
- Hebrew: “טבח’ה”
- Hebrew: “טבחה”
- Hebrew: “עין שבע”
- Italian: “Tabga”
- Japanese: “タブハ”
- Korean: “타브가”
- Polish: “Tabga”
- Polish: “Tabgha”
- Spanish: “Tabgha”
- Ukrainian: “Табха”
- Urdu: “الطابغہ”
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