Al-Samakiyya
Al-Samakiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict.

Al-Samakiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matateh. It was located 11 km northeast of Tiberias, near the Wadi al-Wadabani. The village was located at Tel Hum, which has been identified with Capernaum.
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Worth seeing in and around Al-Samakiyya
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Capernaum
Capernaum was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans in Israel, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD. Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built successively at the same spot.
400 m · village at Lake Tiberias in the north of historical Judea, associated with Jesus · Wikipedia - 02Mount of Beatitudes
The Mount of Beatitudes is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is the traditional site of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
2.1 km · mountain in Israel, near Lake Galilee · Wikipedia - 03Church of the Multiplication
The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, shortened to the Church of the Multiplication, is a Roman Catholic church located at Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The modern church rests on the site of two earlier churches.
3 km · church · Wikipedia - 04Church of the Beatitudes
The Church of the Beatitudes is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Beatitudes by the Sea of Galilee near Tabgha and Capernaum in Israel.
2.1 km · church building in Tabgha, Israel · Wikipedia - 05Church of the Primacy of St. Peter
The Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter is a Franciscan church located in Tabgha, Israel, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. It commemorates, and allegedly marks the spot, of Jesus' reinstatement of Peter as chief among the Apostles.
2.9 km · church building in Tabgha, Israel · Wikipedia - 06Monastery of the Holy Apostles
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, in common use simply Church of the Apostles is the church at the centre of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Holy Apostles at Capernaum, standing among the ruins of ancient Capernaum near the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is also known as simply the Greek Orthodox church at Capernaum, to differentiate it from the Franciscan monastery standing in the southern part of Capernaum.
200 m · church building in Capernaum, Israel · Wikipedia - 07Saint Peter Church, Capernaum
St. Peter's Church, also called the Pilgrimage Church of St.
400 m · church · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al-Samakiyya
- Airports
- Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 104 km · Damascus (DAM), 105 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 108 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al-Samakiyya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al-Samakiyya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextSafed is an ideal location for basing many day trips in the northern area of Israel.
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Next door to Al-Samakiyya
Al-Samakiyya is 44 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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