National Water Carrier of Israel, Zippori

Name: National Water Carrier of Israel
Address: Zippori, Israel

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National Water Carrier of Israel, Zippori

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The National Water Carrier of Israel is the largest water project in Israel, completed in 1964. Its main purpose is to transfer water from the Sea of Galilee in the north of the country to the highly populated center and arid south and to enable efficient use of water and regulation of the water supply in the country. Up to 72,000 cubic meters of water can flow through the carrier each hour, totalling 1.7 million cubic meters in a day. ()

Local name: המוביל הארצי Coordinates: 32°46'29"N, 35°15'14"E

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National Water Carrier of Israel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jesus Trail, Shimron, Tel Hanaton, St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church.

2.2 miSE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Jesus Trail, Zippori
57 min walk • The Jesus Trail is a 65 km hiking and pilgrimage route in the Galilee region of Israel that traces the route Jesus may have walked, connecting many sites from his life and ministry.
5.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Shimron
138 min walk • Tel Shimron is an archaeological site and nature reserve in the Jezreel Valley. Shimron was the name of a major city in the north of Israel throughout antiquity. It is mentioned in the Bible by this name, and in other period sources as Shim'on. In late antiquity, it was known by the name Simonias.
0.8 miN
Archaeological site
Tel Hanaton
21 min walk • Tel Hanaton is an archaeological tell situated at the western edge of the Beit Netofa Valley, in the western Lower Galilee region of Israel, 2 km south of the Town of Kfar Manda and 1 km northeast of the kibbutz which took its name, Hanaton.
5.2 miE
Church
St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church
134 min walk • The St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church is the name given to a Catholic church administered by the Franciscan order in Kafr Kanna in Israel, built in honor of Cana, the place where Scripture says was the hometown of the apostle St. Bartholomew.
5.2 miSE
Church
Basilica of Jesus the Adolescent, Nazareth
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2.9 miSE
Museum, Cultural tours, Tours
Kfar Kedem, Nazareth
74 min walk • Kfar Kedem is a tourist center in Israel which reconstructs the everyday life in the Galilee 2000 years ago, during the Mishnah period. Kfar Kedem is located on Route 77, next to the Hamovil intersection. It was established in 1992 in the Hoshaya settlement by Menachem Goldberg.
5.2 miE
Church
Wedding Church at Cana
134 min walk • The Wedding Church at Cana or simply Wedding Church, also Franciscan Wedding Church, is a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the central part of the town of Kafr Kanna, in Lower Galilee, located in northern Israel.
5.1 miSE
Church
Maronite Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth
130 min walk • The Maronite Church of the Annunciation is the name given to a Maronite Catholic church that is located in the city of Nazareth, in northern Israel.
2.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Tzippori Synagogue, Zippori
57 min walk • Tzippori Synagogue is an ancient synagogue discovered in Sepphoris, a Roman-era Jewish city in the Galilee, now an archaeological site and a national park in Israel.
5.4 miSE
Church
Mensa Christi Church, Nazareth
138 min walk • Mensa Christi is a Roman Catholic church located in Nazareth, in northern Israel.
5.2 miSE
Mosque
Makam al-Nabi Sain Mosque, Nazareth
132 min walk • Ela-Nabi Sa'in Mosque is a mosque located at a height of 487 meters above sea level, on the northwestern outskirts of Nazareth, Israel.