Dec 29 Caesaria

I didn't really need the navigation system to get to Caesaria from Ramat Gan (and anyway, the navigation system didn't recognize Caesaria unless it was spelled Qaysaria). It is only about a 40 or 50 minute drive from Ramat Gan so we went there Sunday pm. It was a nice drive, although it rained quite a bit when we were there. Caesaria was founded in the time of Herod the Great (more about him on the December 31 post). Herod the Great built a palace, civic and entertainment center in Caesaria and built an aqueduct to carry water to that center. These images are from the internet. One image is an amphitheater, the others show the aqueduct and part of a byzantine church that was constructed later in history (Caesaria had a flourishing commercial history, in Byzantine times and during the time of the Crusades. At other times, it was frequently, at least an important port.