🏛️ Caesarea Paneas
Roman city and shrine complex in the Golan Heights
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in the northern Golan Heights, approximately 40 km northeast of the Sea of Galilee
- Founded as a Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to the god Pan; expanded significantly under Roman rule
- Named Caesarea Paneas by Herod Philip II (r. 4 BCE–33 CE) in honour of Caesar Augustus
- Partially excavated; significant structures visible but site remains largely underdeveloped for tourism
Caesarea Paneas was a substantial Roman city built atop a Hellenistic shrine complex dedicated to Pan, the Greek ...