Khirbet Minya
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: 8th-century Islamic palace in Israel
- Also known as: “Horbat Minnim”, “Khan Minya”, “Khān Minyā”, and “Khirbat al-Minya”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kinneret and Church of Loaves and Fishes.
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 620 metres northeast of Khirbet Minya.
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 1½ km northeast of Khirbet Minya.
Peter’s Primacy Church
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter is a Franciscan church located in Tabgha, Israel, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It commemorates, and allegedly marks the spot, of Jesus' reinstatement of Peter as chief among the Apostles. Peter’s Primacy Church is situated 1½ km northeast of Khirbet Minya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalmanutha and Tabgha.
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.
Tabgha
Village
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Ginosar
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ginosar is a kibbutz in the Plain of Ginosar on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Located north of Tiberias on Highway 90, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 784.
Khirbet Minya
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.86495° or 32° 51′ 54″ northLongitude
35.53647° or 35° 32′ 11″ eastElevation
-208 metres (-682 feet)Open location code
8G4QVG7P+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 278473357OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Khirbet Minya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر المنية”
- Catalan: “Ayn Minyat Hisham”
- Catalan: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- Chinese: “米尼亞的商棧”
- Czech: “Churvat Minim”
- Czech: “Národní park Churvat Minim”
- Dutch: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر المنيه”
- French: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- German: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Minnim”
- Hebrew: “ח’רבת אל-מניה”
- Hebrew: “ח’רבת מיניה”
- Hebrew: “חאן אל-מיניה”
- Hebrew: “חורבת מיניה”
- Hebrew: “חורבת מנים”
- Hebrew: “חרבת מנים”
- Persian: “خربت المعنی”
- Russian: “Хурбат-Миним”
- Spanish: “Jirbat al-Minya”
- Spanish: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- Swedish: “Khirbat al-Minya”
- Turkish: “Hırbetü’l-Minye”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ الہیر الشرقی”
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