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It was here at Caesarea that Peter first shared the good news with Gentiles.
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![Caesarea Maritima (also Caesarea Palestinae;[1] Greek: Παράλιος Καισάρεια, Parálios Kaisáreia) is an Israeli National Park in the Sharon plain, including the ancient remains of the coastal city of Caesarea.
The city and harbor were built under Herod the Great during c. 22–10 BC near the site of a former Phoenician naval station known as Stratonos pyrgos (Στράτωνος πύργος).[2] It later became the provincial capital of Roman Judea, Roman Syria Palaestina and Byzantine Palaestina Prima provinces. The city was populated throughout the 1st to 6th centuries CE and became an important early center of Christianity during the Byzantine period, but was mostly abandoned following the Muslim conquest of 640. It was re-fortified by the Crusaders, and finally slighted by the Mamluks in 1265. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima">Wikipedia</a>)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/2017-Bethlehem-Best-of-Israel-Tour/i-4t8m6WW/0/d959c012/Ti/20150704465-Ti.jpg)
![Archeological highlights at Caesarea include, "a temple dedicated to Caesar; a hippodrome rebuilt in the 2nd century as a more conventional theater; the Tiberieum, which has a limestone block with a dedicatory inscription.[6] This is the only archaeological find with an inscription mentioning the name "Pontius Pilatus"; a double aqueduct that brought water from springs at the foot of Mount Carmel; a boundary wall; and a 200 ft (60 m) wide moat protecting the harbour to the south and west. The harbor was the largest on the eastern Mediterranean coast." (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima">Wikipedia</a>)](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/2017-Bethlehem-Best-of-Israel-Tour/i-8xjNkSh/0/51c8b09f/Ti/20150704448-Ti.jpg)
