In the north-western tip of the Sea of Galilee overlooking Tel Kinorot - the hill where some 4000 years ago the city was Quinara, named after the local deity of the cartridge settlements. Name as his "wife" - Kineo PET - was a lake on whose shore this settlement was located. Subsequently, the reservoir was renamed in honor of Genisaretskoe lake settlements Genosar, who was in the north-western tip of about 2000 years ago. When at 18 I in ã.. AD on the western bank was founded by the city of Tiberias, the lake and was called Tiberias. And as to its western bank of the adjacent part of the Land of Israel, called the Galilee, the whole world calls it a sea of Galilee. Today, this vast expanse of water (21 x 13 km) is the main water reservoir of the State of Israel. And located at around 210 meters below sea level, it is considered to be the lowest in the world fresh water reservoir. That it flows in the north and the south follows the legendary waterway in the Holy Land - River Jordan (according to legend, even without mixing with the waters of Lake Kinneret).
Since ancient times, thanks to the warm climate, abundance of fresh water and fish, as well as fertile land surrounding the lake, there appeared and developed in numerous human settlements. Many of them - Capernaum, Bethsaida, Korazin, Magdala was two thousand years ago the scene of activities and sermons of Jesus of Nazareth. Here, he "walked on water, like a for Sukhumi", performed numerous miracles, cast out evil spirits and demons. Since then, the neighborhood Genisareta turned into sacred places for millions of Christians of the planet Earth.
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