Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Tzippori (Hebrew: צִפּוֹרִי), also known as Sepphoris, Diocesaraea (Ancient Greek: Διοκαισάρεια) and Saffuriya (Arabic: صفورية, also transliterated Safurriya and Suffurriye) 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 later Christian traditions it is believed to be the birthplace of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where Saints Anna and Joachim are traditionally thought to have resided.Notable structures at the site include a Roman theater, two early Christian churches, a Crusader fortress that was renovated by Daher el-Omar in the 18th century, and upwards of forty different mosaics.Following the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135, Tzippori was one of the centers in Galilee where rabbinical families from Judea relocated. Remains of a 6th-century synagogue have been uncovered in the lower section of the site. In the 7th century, the town was conquered by the Arab caliphates like much of the rest of Palestine. Successive Arab and Islamic imperial authorities ruled the area until the end of the first World War I, with a brief interruption during the Crusades.Until its depopulation during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Saffuriya was a Palestinian Arab village. Moshav Tzippori was established adjacent to the site in 1949. It falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council, and in 2006 had a population of 616. The area occupied by the former Arab village was designated a national park in 1992. }
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- Tzippori abstract "Tzippori (Hebrew: צִפּוֹרִי), also known as Sepphoris, Diocesaraea (Ancient Greek: Διοκαισάρεια) and Saffuriya (Arabic: صفورية, also transliterated Safurriya and Suffurriye) 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 later Christian traditions it is believed to be the birthplace of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where Saints Anna and Joachim are traditionally thought to have resided.Notable structures at the site include a Roman theater, two early Christian churches, a Crusader fortress that was renovated by Daher el-Omar in the 18th century, and upwards of forty different mosaics.Following the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135, Tzippori was one of the centers in Galilee where rabbinical families from Judea relocated. Remains of a 6th-century synagogue have been uncovered in the lower section of the site. In the 7th century, the town was conquered by the Arab caliphates like much of the rest of Palestine. Successive Arab and Islamic imperial authorities ruled the area until the end of the first World War I, with a brief interruption during the Crusades.Until its depopulation during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Saffuriya was a Palestinian Arab village. Moshav Tzippori was established adjacent to the site in 1949. It falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council, and in 2006 had a population of 616. The area occupied by the former Arab village was designated a national park in 1992".