Mount Tabor

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Mount Tabor is a prominent hill in northern Israel venerated in Christian tradition as the site of Jesus’ Transfiguration and a longstanding place of pilgrimage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrimage site
biblical site
hill
mountain
alsoKnownAs Har Tavor
Jabal az-Zaytoun
surface form: Jebel et-Tur
associatedWith Barak
Deborah
battle against Sisera
controlledBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority
surface form: Israel Nature and Parks Authority (surrounding area)
coordinates approximately 32.7°N 35.4°E
country Israel
elevation about 575 meters above sea level
geologicalType limestone hill
hasAccessRoad winding road to the summit
hasAnnualEvent Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
surface form: Christian feast of the Transfiguration (pilgrimages)
hasMonastery Eastern Orthodox monastery
Franciscan monastery
hasReligiousBuildingsFrom Byzantine period
Crusader period
hasSummitChurch Church of the Transfiguration
Church of the Transfiguration
surface form: Franciscan Church of the Transfiguration
hasTrail hiking trails around the mountain
inChristianFeastDay Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord
surface form: Feast of the Transfiguration
landscapeFeature isolated hill rising from flat plain
locatedIn Galilee
surface form: Lower Galilee

Northern District, Israel
locatedNear Afula
Nazareth
mentionedIn Judges
surface form: Book of Judges

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament
nearbySettlement Daburiyya
Kfar Tavor
Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam
overlooks Esdraelon Plain
Jezreel Valley
partOf Nazareth Mountains region
pilgrimageDestinationSince early Christian centuries
prominence about 400 meters above surrounding plain
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
shape isolated dome-shaped hill
significanceInChristianity traditional site of a major event in Jesus’ life
tourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism
veneratedAs site of the Transfiguration of Jesus
viewpointFor Galilee
surface form: Galilee region

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