H̱orbat Kanisa
H̱orbat Kanisa is a ruin in Northern District, Israel. H̱orbat Kanisa is situated nearby to the village Ein Ya’akov, as well as near Yehiam.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yehi’am Fortress and Yehiam Fortress National Park.
Yehi’am Fortress
Castle
Khirbat Jiddin, known in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as Judin, was an Ottoman fortress in the western Upper Galilee, originally built by the Teutonic Order after 1220 as a crusader castle, 16 km northeast of the city of Acre, which at the time was the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Yehi’am Fortress is situated 1½ km southwest of H̱orbat Kanisa.
Yehiam Fortress National Park
Protected area
Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in western Upper Galilee on the grounds of Kibbutz Yehi'am, whose main attractions are the ruins of a hilltop castle in Jiddin. Yehiam Fortress National Park is situated 1½ km southwest of H̱orbat Kanisa.
Tarshiha
Police station
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarshiha is a police station, which is situated 3 km northeast of H̱orbat Kanisa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ein Ya’akov and Yehiam.
Ein Ya’akov
Village
Photo: Kippi70, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ein Ya'akov is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,257.
Yehiam
Village
Yehiam is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located at the western Upper Galilee, eight miles east of the coastal town of Nahariya and 14 miles south-east of the border with Lebanon it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council.
Yanuh-Jat
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yanuh–Jat is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, northeast of Acre, consisting of the villages of Yanuh and Jat, which merged in 1990. In 2023 it had a population of 6,875, all members of the Druze community.
H̱orbat Kanisa
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Horbat Kanisa” and “Khirbat Ruweisat al Kanisa”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.00057° or 33° 0′ 2″ northLongitude
35.23737° or 35° 14′ 15″ eastElevation
491 metres (1,611 feet)Open location code
8G5Q262P+6WGeoNames ID
294596
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In Other Languages
“H̱orbat Kanisa” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Kanisa”
- Hebrew: “חרבת כניסה”
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