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# Tiberias (Israel)

## Iriyat Tverya, Municipality of Teberias

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image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 30th October 1958 |  | Redesign from 2017 source

- Introduction
- Description
- Flag Variant
- Coat of Arms
- Logo

See also:

- Kinnereth Subdistrict
- Northern District
- Subnational Flags (Israel)
- Israel
- About the Coat of Arms (tiberias.muni.il, Hebrew [retrieved] | English translation)

## Introduction

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 2000 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 AD, 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 replaced Jerusalem as the Jewish center, and the Jerusalem Talmud was written in Tiberias. The town survived wars, changes of government and earthquakes (the last one in 1837 ruined the whole town). Tiberias old city (and today city center) is situated about 200 meters below sea level.
Source: www.tiberias-hotels.co.il [2005 version retrieved]
Dov Gutterman, 20 April 2005

♦ History of Tiberias (tiberias.muni.il, Hebrew [retrieved] | English translation)

## Description

Most flags are white (I also spotted green) with a 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 [not retrievable], 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 1930s. For adopting a new emblem, a contest was announced, and on 19 December 1957 it was decided about the winning propsal: "Beauty 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

## Flag Variant

image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 21st September 1960 |

## Coat of Arms

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From Hebrew Wikipedia:

> The coat of arms consists of a shield with a white field and a thin blue border, at the bottom of which is the name of the city in Hebrew, "Tiberias", and includes the following elements:
> - Blue waves – symbolising the Sea of Galilee, on whose shores the city lies.
> - A fountain – symbolising the healing waters of the Tiberias thermal springs.
> - The city walls, with modern buildings behind them – symbolising the Old City of Tiberias and the newer parts of the expanding city.
>   In addition, three palm trees appear on the coat of arms.
>   In 2017, the emblem was updated; its colours became brighter and more striking, and the word "Tiberias" at the bottom was changed.
>   (Translated with DeepL.com)

## Logo

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From Hebrew Wikipedia:

> In 2022, much like other cities such as Tel Aviv and Rishon LeZion, a colourful branded logo was designed featuring the city's name in blue letters, with the first letter, "T" (tet), coloured orange to symbolise the sunset over the Sea of Galilee, and the letter "i" (yod) with a kamatz to symbolise the Tiberian vowel system, which was invented in Tiberias in the Middle Ages and evolved into the modern Hebrew vowel system. The city's historic coat of arms is incorporated on the left-hand side of the logo. The chosen slogan is "It has it all".
> (Translated with DeepL.com)