Tzippori (or Sepphoris) is located just north of Nazareth (10 km) in the lower Galilee.This impressive archaeological site was first settled by the Hasmoneans in the 2nd century BC, but then served as the Roman capital of Galilee. Today it brims with ruins, including original colonnaded roadways, a Roman villa with lovely mosaic floors, a Crusader citadel and an atmospheric underground system of cisterns and aqueducts. After the Roman conquest, Tzippori functioned as a center of a Jewish life and one of the seats of the Great Sanhedrin.
Tzippori (or Sepphoris) is located just north of Nazareth (10 km) in the lower Galilee.This impressive archaeological site was first settled by the Hasmoneans in the 2nd century BC, but then served as the Roman capital of Galilee. Today it brims with ruins, including original colonnaded roadways, a Roman villa with lovely mosaic floors, a Crusader citadel and an atmospheric underground system of cisterns and aqueducts. After the Roman conquest, Tzippori functioned as a center of a Jewish life and one of the seats of the Great Sanhedrin.