🏛️ Caesarea Maritima
Extensive Roman port city ruins on the Israeli coast
📌 Fast Facts
- Built by Herod the Great between 25–13 BCE as a major Mediterranean port
- Named in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar
- Served as the Roman provincial capital of Judea
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (designated 2023)
- Located on the central Israeli coast, 50 km north of Tel Aviv
Caesarea Maritima stands as one of the most significant archaeological complexes from the Roman period in the Eastern ...