Gaza

settlement · today Gaza City

ancient Levantine metropolis and modern city in Gaza Strip

Location: 31.5075, 34.4597 · Pleiades 687902

Who is recorded here

Hilarion birth · AD 291

What happened here

The baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch AD 34
Hilarion takes to the desert by Gaza AD 308

In art

File:Images of war 23-25 from Gaza, by Jaber Badwen, IMG 6060.jpg — Jaber Jehad Badwan

About the place

Gaza City, often simply called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, 76.6 kilometres (47.6 mi) southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Palestine's only port.

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