Caesarea

Caesarea is a national park on the Mediterranean coast of , in the northern part of the region. The park encompasses a vast archaeological site that showcases the remains of the Roman Imperial city of Caesarea Maritima.
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: ancient Levantine city
  • Also known as: “Caesarea (Maritima)”, “Caesarea in Palaestina”, “Caesarea Maritima”, “Caesarea Martima”, “Caesarea National Park”, “Caesarea Old City”, “Cæsarea Palæstina”, “Caesarea Palaestinae”, “Caesarea Palestinae”, “Caesarea Přímořská”, “Caesarea-Nationalpark”, “Cesarea di Palestina”, “Cesárea Maritima”, “Cesarea Marittima”, “Césarea Přímořská”, “Cesaree”, “Césarée de Palestine”, “Césarée maritime”, “Cesareia de Palestina”, “Cesareia Palestina”, “Cesaréia Palestina”, “Cezarea Palestyńska”, “Horbat Qesari”, “İsrail Kesariyası”, “Kaisareia”, “Kaisarie”, “Kaisariya”, “Kaisariyeh”, “Kesariya milli parkı”, “Lungsod ng Caesarea Palaestina”, “Palestinska Cezareja”, “palesztinai Kaiszareia”, “Qeisari”, “Qeisariya”, “Qeysəriyyə”, “Qisarī”, “Qīsārya”, “Qisrī”, “Quisarya”, “Stratons Turm”, “Stratos Turm”, “Stratos‘ Turm”, “Tour de Straton”, “Кесария Стратонова”, “Кесарыя Палесцінская”, “Национальный парк Кесария”, “גן לאומי קיסריה”, “חורבת קיסרי”, “קיסריה העתיקה”, “קסריה”, “قيصرية فلسطين”, “カエサレア”, and “海辺のカイサリア”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Caesarea Amphitheater and Bird Mosaic.

Theater building
is a theater building.

Archaeological site
The Birds Mosaic is a Byzantine mosaic floor…

Archaeological site
Photo: Drahnier, Copyrighted free use.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Or Akiva and Caesarea.

Town
is a city in the of , on the country's .

Town
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
is an affluent resort town in north-central…

Village
is a kibbutz in the of .

Caesarea

Latitude
32.5018° or 32° 30′ 7″ north
Longitude
34.8924° or 34° 53′ 33″ east
Population
5,340
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8G4PGV2R+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Caesarea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قيسارية ماريتيما”
  • Armenian: “Կեսարիա”
  • Asturian: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fələstin Qeysəriyyəsi”
  • Basque: “Zesarea Maritima”
  • Belarusian: “Кейсарыя”
  • Belarusian: “Кесарыя”
  • Bosnian: “Cezarija”
  • Breton: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Bulgarian: “Кесария”
  • Catalan: “Cesarea de Palestina”
  • Cebuano: “H̱orbat Qesari”
  • Chinese: “滨海凯撒里亚”
  • Chinese: “濱海凱撒里亞”
  • Czech: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Danish: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Dutch: “Caesarea”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قيصريه”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉemara Cezareo”
  • Finnish: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • French: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • French: “Césarée”
  • Galician: “Cesarea Marítima”
  • Georgian: “კესარია”
  • German: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • German: “Caesarea”
  • Greek: “Καισάρεια η παράλιος”
  • Greek: “Παράλιος Καισάρεια”
  • Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה קיסריה”
  • Hebrew: “קיסריה”
  • Hindi: “कैसरिया मारितिमा”
  • Hungarian: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Hungarian: “palesztinai Cézárea”
  • Indonesian: “Kaisarea Maritima”
  • Italian: “Cesarea in Palestina”
  • Italian: “Cesarea marittima”
  • Italian: “Cesarea”
  • Japanese: “カイサリア・マリティマ”
  • Japanese: “カイサリア”
  • Korean: “카에사레아 마리티마”
  • Latin: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Luxembourgish: “Caesarea”
  • Macedonian: “Приморска Цезарија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Norwegian: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cesarèa”
  • Persian: “قیساریه دریایی”
  • Persian: “قیصریه دریایی”
  • Polish: “Cezarea Nadmorska”
  • Polish: “Cezarea”
  • Portuguese: “Cesareia Maritima”
  • Portuguese: “Cesareia Marítima”
  • Romanian: “Cezareea Maritima”
  • Russian: “Кесария Палестинская”
  • Rusyn: “Кесария Палестинска”
  • Scots: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Serbian: “Primorska Cezareja”
  • Serbian: “Приморска Цезареја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Primorska Cezareja”
  • Silesian: “Cezarea Przimorskŏ”
  • Slovenian: “Cesarea Maritima”
  • Slovenian: “Cezareja”
  • Spanish: “Cesarea Marítima”
  • Swahili: “Kaisarea Baharini”
  • Swedish: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Tagalog: “Caesarea Palaestina”
  • Tagalog: “Cesarea Palestina”
  • Tamil: “செசாரியா கடற்கரையோரம்”
  • Thai: “ซีซาเรียมารีตีมา”
  • Turkish: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Ukrainian: “Кесарія Палестинська”
  • Urdu: “قیساریہ بحری”
  • Urdu: “قیصریہ بحری”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cesarea Maritima”
  • Welsh: “Caesarea Maritima”
  • Yiddish: “קסרי”

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