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Tverya is known in English as Tiberias, after the Roman
emperor Tiberius Caesar, and nicknamed city of the Kinnereth
is situated in the east shore of Kinnereth Sea (Sea of Galilee).
Established about 2,000 years ago and got 40,000 inh. This town,
with its antiques and resorts, is a municipality since 1948.
Dov Gutterman, 14 October 2001
Petit Larousse Illustré says that Tiberias (in
French, Tibériade), was founded in year 18 AD, on the shore of
the Lake of Genesareth, also called Lake of Tiberias or Sea of
Galilee. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, Tiberias
became an important center of the Jewish national and
intellectual life. Modern Tiberias is located slightly north of
the ancient city. Tiberius Julius Caesar was emperor from 14 to
37.
Ivan Sache, 15 October 2001
Ivan Sache suggested, I guess Genesareth is an
approximate rendition of Kinnereth. Not so, Gennosar is a
name of another ancient city on the lake shore not far from today
Kibbutz Gennosar, north to Tiberias.
Dov Gutterman, 16 October 2001
Around 20 A.D, Herod Antipas, the son of the infamous King
Herod, decided to build a new city in honor of his friend
Tiberius Julius Caesar and named it Teberias. Later it replace
Jerusalem as the Jewish center, and the Jerusalem Talmud was
written in Tiberias. The town survived wars, change of
governments and earthquakes (last one in 1837 ruined all the
town). Tiberias old city (and today city center) are situated
about 200 meters below sea level.
Source: <www.tiberias-hotels.co.il>
Dov Gutterman, 20 April 2005
Most flags are white (I also spotted green) with blue emblem
and inscription below. The municipal emblem was published in the
official gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut ha-Pirsumim), YP 631,
30 October 1958, in the first batch of emblems. Sources: author's
own observation, 2 October 2001.
Dov Gutterman, 14 October 2001
According to the municipal
site, until 1957 the municipality used an emblem that was a 1950'
modification of the municipal seal during the Mandate era which
was adopted in the 1930'. For adopting a new emblem, a contest
was announced and on 19 December 1957 it was decided abot winning
propsal: "beauti of a city" which was designed by
Gide'on Keich of Kefar Gil'adi. The emblem shows the Kinnereth
Sea, Tiberias hot springs and the old and the new city.
The emblem appeared on a stamp
issued on 2 February 1966.
Dov Gutterman, 22 June 2007
image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 21st September 1960 |
image from wikipedia