Basilica of the Transfiguration

The Church of the Transfiguration is a Franciscan church located on in . It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Church of the Transfiguration”
  • Address: الشبلي-أم الغنم‎

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Tabor and Kadoorie Agricultural High School.

Peak
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, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in the , , at the eastern end of the , 18 kilometres west of the .

School
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, sometimes spelled "Kadouri" or "Kaduri", is an agricultural school and youth village in situated next to Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee, two kilometers north of . is situated 2½ km northeast of Basilica of the Transfiguration.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam and Daburiyya.

Village
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is an Arab Bedouin town at the foot of in 's . Originally called Arab al-Subayh, In 2024 it had a population of 6,476.

Village
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, also Deburieh or Dabburieh, is an Arab local council around 8 kilometres east of in 's . Daburriya gained local council status in 1961.

Village
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is a village.

Basilica of the Transfiguration

Latitude
32.68627° or 32° 41′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.39242° or 35° 23′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G4QM9PR+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 255793567
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1028121
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Basilica of the Transfiguration” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة التجلي”
  • Basque: “Antzaldatzearen basilika”
  • Catalan: “església de la Transfiguració”
  • Catalan: “Església de la Transfiguració”
  • Chinese: “耶穌顯聖容教堂”
  • Czech: “Bazilika Proměnění Páně”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه التجلى”
  • Esperanto: “Baziliko de la Transfiguriĝo”
  • French: “basilique de la Transfiguration”
  • French: “Basilique de la Transfiguration”
  • Galician: “Basílica da Transfiguración”
  • German: “Verklärungsbasilika”
  • German: “Verklärungskirche (Tabor)”
  • German: “Verklärungskirche”
  • Greek: “Βασιλική της Μεταμορφώσεως”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית ההשתנות הקתולית”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית ההשתנות”
  • Indonesian: “Basilika Transfigurasi, Gunung Tabor”
  • Italian: “Basilica della Trasfigurazione”
  • Polish: “Bazylika Przemienienia Pańskiego”
  • Russian: “Базилика Преображения Господня”
  • Spanish: “basilica de la Transfiguracion”
  • Spanish: “basílica de la Transfiguración”
  • Spanish: “Basílica de la Transfiguración”
  • Tamil: “உருவமாற்ற தேவாலயம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Базиліка Преображення Господнього”
  • Urdu: “کلیسائے تجلی”

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