Capernaum National Park

Capernaum National Park is a protected area in Northern District, Israel. Capernaum National Park is situated nearby to Church of the Beatitudes, as well as near Mount of Beatitudes.

Photo: Ricardo Tulio Gandelman, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount of Beatitudes and Church of the Beatitudes.

Mount of Beatitudes

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The Mount of Beatitudes is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is the traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Mount of Beatitudes is situated 670 metres northwest of Capernaum National Park.

Church of the Beatitudes

Church

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The Church of the Beatitudes is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee near Tabgha and Capernaum in Israel. Church of the Beatitudes is situated 610 metres northwest of Capernaum National Park.

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 1 km west of Capernaum National Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabgha and Dalmanutha.

Tabgha

Village

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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.

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.

Capernahum

Locality

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Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans in Israel, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.

Capernaum National Park

Type: Protected area
Category: national park
Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.87662° or 32° 52′ 36″ north

Longitude

35.56017° or 35° 33′ 37″ east

Open location code

8G4QVHG6+J3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 395126092

Wikidata ID

Q19400755

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Capernaum National Park” goes by many names.

Arabic: “منتزه كفرناحوم الوطني”
French: “Capernaum National Park”
French: “Parc national de Capernaum”
German: “Capernaum National Park”
German: “Kapernaum-Nationalpark”
Hebrew: “גן לאומי כפר נחום”
Hungarian: “Kafarnaum Nemzeti park”
Italian: “Parco Nazionale di Cafarnao”
Japanese: “カペルナム国立公園”
Polish: “Park Narodowy Kafarnaum”
Portuguese: “Parque Nacional de Cafarnaum”
Russian: “Национальный парк «Капернаум»”
Spanish: “Parque Nacional Capernaum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and חוף כפר נחום.

Nearby Places

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