Capture of Tiberias
The Capture of Tiberias took place on 25 September 1918 during the Battle of Sharon which together with the Battle of Nablus formed the set piece Battle of Megiddo fought between 19 and 25 September in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Washington Lambert, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Arbel and Biq`at Arbel.
Mount Arbel
Peak
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Mount Arbel is a mountain in the Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, with high cliffs, views of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, a cave-fortress, and ruins of an ancient synagogue. Mount Arbel is situated 3½ km northwest of Capture of Tiberias.
Tomb of Maimonides
Memorial
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
According to Jewish tradition, the Tomb of Maimonides is located in Tiberias, Israel. Although Maimonides, a Sephardic Jew, died in Fustat, Egypt, on 12 December 1204, it is believed that he was only briefly buried in Fustat before being reinterred in Tiberias. Tomb of Maimonides is situated 2 km east of Capture of Tiberias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitzpa and Tiberias.
Mitzpa
Village
Photo: Asafsagi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mitzpa is a moshava in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, Israel. Located next to the Sea of Galilee and Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 158.
Tiberias
Photo: Юкатан, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tiberias is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed.
Kefar Hittim
Village
Photo: Danny Gershoni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kfar Hittim is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located on a hill 3 km west of Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.
Capture of Tiberias
- Type: Battlefield
- Description: Part of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.79547° or 32° 47′ 44″ northLongitude
35.51604° or 35° 30′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8G4QQGW8+5COpenStreetMap ID
node 13432361436OpenStreetMap feature
historic=battlefieldWikidata ID
Q15207507
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Capture of Tiberias” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “احتلال طبريا (1918)”
- Arabic: “احتلال طبريا”
- Catalan: “Captura de Tiberiades”
- Hebrew: “לכידת טבריה”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include מצפה עדי and Tiberias soccer stadium.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Capture of Tiberias”. Photo: George Washington Lambert, Public domain.