Tiberias

E2296
ancient city city

Tiberias is an ancient city in northern Israel on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, historically significant as a major center of Jewish learning and pilgrimage.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Tiberias canonical 58
city of Tiberias 3
Tiberias (south along the shore) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
alternativeName Tverya ⓘ
surface form: Tveria

Tverya ⓘ
Tiberias ⓘ
surface form: Ṭabariyya
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
contains Tomb of Maimonides ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) ⓘ
tombs of Jewish sages ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
economy services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately -200 meters ⓘ
foundedAroundYear 20 CE ⓘ
foundedInCentury 1st century CE ⓘ
founder Herod Antipas ⓘ
governingBody Tiberias self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiberias Municipality
hasFeature archaeological remains ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
lakeside promenade ⓘ
historicalRegion Galilee ⓘ
holyCityFor Judaism ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
locatedBelowSeaLevel true ⓘ
locatedIn Northern District, Israel ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
surface form: Israel Standard Time
locatedNear Sea of Galilee ⓘ
locatedOn western shore of the Sea of Galilee ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Sea of Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lake Kinneret
majorReligion Judaism ⓘ
namedAfter Tiberius ⓘ
surface form: Roman emperor Tiberius

Tiberius ⓘ
partOf British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate of Palestine (historically)

Canaan ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Empire (historically)
region Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lower Galilee
religiousStatus one of the four holy cities of Judaism alongside Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed ⓘ
role center of Masoretic activity ⓘ
center of compilation of the Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
significance important Jewish pilgrimage site ⓘ
major center of Jewish learning ⓘ
one of Judaism’s four holy cities ⓘ
tourismType health and spa tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
utcOffset +02:00 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST +03:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasSacredPlace → Tiberias ⓘ
Tiberias → governingBody → Tiberias self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiberias Municipality
Tiberias → alternativeName → Tiberias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ṭabariyya
Safed → sharesStatusWith → Tiberias ⓘ
Galilee → hasPart → Tiberias ⓘ
Sea of Galilee → nearbyCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Herod Antipas → capital → Tiberias ⓘ
Herod Antipas → founded → Tiberias ⓘ
Herod Antipas → residence → Tiberias ⓘ
Tomb of Maimonides → locatedIn → Tiberias ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) → locatedIn → Tiberias ⓘ
Northern District, Israel → containsCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Northern District, Israel → containsReligiousSite → Tiberias ⓘ
Tverya → HebrewNameOf → Tiberias ⓘ
Tverya → hasAlternativeName → Tiberias ⓘ
Maimonides → burialPlace → Tiberias ⓘ
Jordan River → nearbyCity → Tiberias ⓘ
te'amim → developedIn → Tiberias ⓘ
subject surface form: Te'amim
Palestinian Jews → religiousCenter → Tiberias ⓘ
Capernaum → nearbyCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Judah ha-Nasi → placeOfActivity → Tiberias ⓘ
Palestine Post → operatedPostOfficesIn → Tiberias ⓘ
Nabi Shuayb shrine → locatedNear → Tiberias ⓘ
Jordan Rift Valley → passesNear → Tiberias ⓘ
Amoraim → centerOfActivity → Tiberias ⓘ
Mount of Beatitudes (traditional site) → accessibleFrom → Tiberias ⓘ
Mount Arbel → locatedNear → Tiberias ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → burialPlaceTradition → Tiberias ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess → locatedIn → Tiberias ⓘ
Tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess → nearbyCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit → placeOfBirth → Tiberias ⓘ
Magdala → locatedOn → Tiberias ⓘ
this entity surface form: western shore of the Sea of Galilee
Magdala → locatedNear → Tiberias ⓘ
Mount Berenice → locatedIn → Tiberias ⓘ
Mount Berenice → overlooks → Tiberias ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Tiberias
Galilean campaign of Vespasian → capturedCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Masorah → geographicRegion → Tiberias ⓘ
Four Holy Cities of Judaism → hasPart → Tiberias ⓘ
ta'amei ha-mikra → historicalCenter → Tiberias ⓘ
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
Nazareth, Israel → nearbyCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Haifa (via Israeli road network) → connectedTo → Tiberias ⓘ
Aleppo Codex fragments → placeOfOrigin → Tiberias ⓘ
Tabgha → hasNearbySettlement → Tiberias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiberias (south along the shore)
Hittin → locatedWestOf → Tiberias ⓘ
Horn of Hattin → locatedNear → Tiberias ⓘ
Menahem Golan → placeOfBirth → Tiberias ⓘ
Talmud Yerushalmi → placeOfOrigin → Tiberias ⓘ
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → associatedWithCity → Tiberias ⓘ
Rabbi Yohanan bar Nappaha → burialPlace → Tiberias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiberias (traditional)
Resh Lakish → cityAssociatedWith → Tiberias ⓘ