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Sepphoris

Tzippori
צִפּוֹרִי
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Tzippori is located in Israel
Tzippori
Tzippori
Coordinates: 32°44′44″N 35°16′43″E / 32.74556°N 35.27861°E / 32.74556; 35.27861Coordinates: 32°44′44″N 35°16′43″E / 32.74556°N 35.27861°E / 32.74556; 35.27861
District Northern
Council Jezreel Valley
Affiliation Moshavim Movement
Founded 1949
Population (2015) 952
Saffuriyya
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Sefurieh, 1859
Arabic صفورية
Also spelled Suffurriye, Safurriya
Subdistrict Nazareth
Palestine grid 176/239
Population 4,330 (1945)
Area 55,378 dunams
Date of depopulation 16 July 1948/January 1949
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current localities Zippori and the village land was distributed between Kibbutz Sde Nahum, Kibbutz Heftziba and Kibbutz HaSolelim

Sepphoris /sˈfɔːrs/ or Zippori /ˈzɪpər/ (Ancient Greek: Σέπφωρις Sépphōris; Hebrew: צִפּוֹרִיTzipori; Arabic: صفورية‎‎ Saffuriya), also called Diocaesaraea (Ancient Greek: Διοκαισάρεια) and, during the Crusades, Sephory/ˈsɛfəri/ (Old French: La Sephorie), is a village and an archeological site located in the central Galilee region of Israel, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north-northwest of Nazareth. It lies 286 m above sea level and overlooks the Beit Netofa Valley. The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that includes Hellenistic, Jewish, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, Arabic and Ottoman influences. In Late Antiquity, it was believed to be the birthplace of Mary, mother of Jesus, and the village where Saints Anna and Joachim are often said to have resided.


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