Caesarea in Hadera, Haifa District, Israel — West Asia (the Levant in the Middle East)

Caesarea National Park

גן לאומי קיסריה

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 3, 2023

1. Caesarea National Park Marker

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Caesarea was first founded in the Persian period (the fourth century BCE), but became famous thanks to the great harbor city built here by King Herod about 2,000 years ago. Alongside the harbor Herod built a palace, a theater, a hippodrome, a temple compound and other structures. After the Byzantine period the harbor went out of use and the city declined. In 1101, the Crusaders captured the city from the Muslims, fortified it and built a small harbor. The Mamluks, who captured the city from the Crusaders, razed it to the ground. At the end of the nineteenth century, a small settlement of Bosnian Muslims was founded here, which existed here until 1948.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.

Location. 32° 29.82′ N, 34° 53.517′ E. Marker is in Caesarea, Haifa District, in Hadera. It is on Israel National Trail, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Israel National Trail, Caesarea, Haifa District, Israel. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Asia,

specifically in West Asia,

in the Middle East,

in The Levant,

on the Red Sea,

in a coastal Mediterranean country,

and in the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire,

the Ottoman Empire,

a British Mandate,

and the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roman and Byzantine Statuary at Caesarea (within shouting distance of this marker); A Collection of Architectural Artifacts (about 120 meters

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away, measured in a direct line); Architectural Elements (about 120 meters away); Herod's Theater (about 120 meters away); The Theater (about 120 meters away); Column Capitals (about 150 meters away); King Herod's Hippodrome (about 150 meters away); The Chariot-Races (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Caesarea.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 3, 2023

2. Caesarea National Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 152 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2023, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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