Nahariya
city in Israel
Nahariya (Hebrew: נַהֲרִיָּה) is the northernmost coastal city in Israel. In 2024 the city had a population of 67,877.
The city was founded in 1935 by Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.
Etymology
Nahariya takes its name from the stream of Ga'aton (river is נהר nahar in Hebrew), which bisects it.
History
Bronze Age
The ruins of a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age citadel were found in the coastal city of Nahariya near the beach on Balfour Street, at a site known to archaeologists as Khirbet Kabarsa. The citadel was an administrative center serving the mariners who sailed along the Mediterranean coast. There is evidence of commercial and cultural relations with Cyprus and the rest of the Mediterranean region. The fortress was destroyed four times by conflagration and rebuilt each time.
Byzantine period
A church from the Byzantine period, dedicated to St. Lazarus, was excavated in the 1970s.
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