Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Caesarea?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Caesarea Maritima.

First appears in Acts 8:40 · 1 books · 10 chapters

Overview

(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Modern identification: Caesarea Maritima.

Caesarea is represented in the local geography layer as Caesarea Maritima. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 8:40 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 18 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Samaria

About 38 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 51 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 87 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Caesarea today

Travel to Caesarea, the modern-day Caesarea Maritima.

Caesarea is commonly identified with Caesarea Maritima, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Caesarea is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Caesarea Maritima

32.500°N · 34.892°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

10 chapters · 18 verse mentions