Travel Guide Cesarea

From the port built by Herod the Great, which dreamed of seeing him surpass Alexandria, there are only ruins… The King of Judea imposed by Rome made this city from 22 to 10 BC, on the Greco-Roman model. He called her Caesarea in tribute to Emperor César Auguste. 6 Apr. . became the capital of Judea. The first artificial port of history, which could host more than ships on the quay, the city quickly imposed itself as one of the main ports in the Eastern Mediterranean. The city also had an amphitheatre of over 30 000 places, where thousands of Jews were massacred during the rebellion against the Romans in 66 Apr. Today, in the reconstructed amphitheatre, we can sometimes attend ballets and operas as well as concerts given by international groups. Evoqué in the chronicles of Flavius Josephus, the stadium, 350 on 70 m, where the tank races were conducted, could accommodate 20 000 spectators. After Herod's death the city continued to prosper. It was conquered in 638 by the Arabs and then in 1101 by the Crusaders. She then spent several times in the hands of each other until the king of France Louis IX resumed it in 1251 and built the walls that one can still see today. But they would not be willing to arrest the Mameluk who, in 1265, captured the city and put it in bag. Thereafter, Caesarea remained uninhabited until 1878, when Bosnian Muslims settled there. The latter finally left the premises in 1948.At the beginning of the Second World War, a group of Jewish immigrants founded the kibbutz of Sdot Yam. They discovered objects and remains that caused the interest of archaeologists. The first serious excavations of the site began in the 1960 s and still continue. In 1961, a plaque marked with registration was discovered: " The prefect Pontius Pilate built the Tiberium ". If no one agrees to determine what this famous Tiberium, column or building is, the discovery is crucial, because it is the first trace, apart from the Bible and the chronicles of Flavius Josephus, of the man who "lava the hands" of the condemnation of Christ. More than 3 000 archaeologists were involved in the Exhumation of Caesarea, and now we know exactly what the city was looking like. This archaeological site is one of Israel's most beautiful, and it is an essential part of history buffs. . is a great seaside resort nowadays.