Galilee | Galilee
LargeregionmainlylocatedinnorthernIsraelMapoftheGalileeregionGalilee(Hebrew:הַגָּלִיל,HaGalil;Arabic:الجليل,romanized: al-Jalīl)isaregionmainlylocatedinnorthernIsrael.Galileetraditionallyreferstothemountainouspart,dividedintoUpperGalilee(Hebrew:גלילעליון,romanized: GalilElyon)andLowerGalilee(Hebrew:גלילתחתון,romanized: GalilTahton).Inmodern,commonusage,aswellatdifferenttimesinhistory,GalileereferredandreferstoalloftheareathatisnorthoftheMountCarmel-MountGilboaridge.Inthissense,itextendsf...
Large region mainly located in northern Israel
Map of the Galilee regionGalilee (Hebrew: הַגָּלִיל, HaGalil; Arabic: الجليل, romanized: al-Jalīl) is a region mainly located in northern Israel. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (Hebrew: גליל עליון, romanized: Galil Elyon) and Lower Galilee (Hebrew: גליל תחתון, romanized: Galil Tahton).
In modern, common usage, as well at different times in history, Galilee referred and refers to all of the area that is north of the Mount Carmel-Mount Gilboa ridge. In this sense, it extends from the Israeli coastal plain and the shores of the Mediterranean Sea with Acre in the west, to the Jordan Rift Valley to the east; and from the Lebanese border in the north plus a piece bordering on the Golan Heights all the way to Dan at the base of Mount Hermon in the northeast, to Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa in the south. This definition includes the plains of the Jezreel Valley nor...