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Zippori. Colonnaded Street

The hill of Zippori, 189 meters (950 feet) high, is located in Lower Galilee. Zippori was a major 2nd/3rd century city. The excavations at Zippori National Park were carrted out in 1931.
East of the hill, a grid of streets was discovered from the Roman period. There are two colonnaded streets formed a cross in the center. The roadbeds were paved with hard limestone , while the colonnaded walkways (stoae) along their verges had mosaic floors.

Israel. June 2004