“Little Roman”
40km from the capital Tel
Aviv in the north and on the
way to Haifa, Caesarea was
built by Herod the Great in
BC. Herod named the city in
honor of Emperor Augustus.
In the past, to mark their
territories, ancient Romans
built their systems of walls,
trenches and fortresses
wherever they went. Their
infrastructures were the most
modern of their time. Herod
the Great also built a port - a
great architectural structure
with the modern facilities
needed for a civilized society.
In the city there are also
castles, temples, opera
houses, markets, public
bathrooms, a hippodrome
and a water supply system
that served more than
100,000 inhabitants. Roman
culture greatly impacted
on Israel people’s daily
life, especially with the
architectural works gradually
built in Caesarea.
It’s difficult to imagine and
to choose the right words to
describe the breathtaking
beauty of this city. It is
a spectacular work of
architecture incorporating
long pillars from the entrance
of the city to an outdoor
opera house with the capacity
of 4,500. Luckily, most of
them are preserved just as
they used to be. Debris from
more than 1,300 pillars have
been found in the sea. Those
pillars were built with marble
from Italy and India. Many
warehouses were built along
the port to contain goods
from different countries
around the world.
ISRAEL IS LOCATED IN A HISTORIC AREA WITH MANY ANCIENT WORKS FROM VARIOUS
PERIODS OF ROMAN HISTORY. NOWADAYS, CAESAREA ANCIENT CITADEL, AN IMPRESSIVE
ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE, IS THE ONLY ANCIENT ROMAN WORK LEFT AND IS LISTED AS ONE OF
THE EIGHT MOST BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS IN ISRAEL.
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