Mary Magdalene, fierce believer and loyal emissary to the Savior, provides an excellent “excuse” for pilgrims to visit her birthplace and home-base, the settlement Migdal, known in the Bible as “Magdala”.

Migdal, located on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, served, already in Jesus’s lifetime, as a Jewish center for the residents of the region. This is evidenced by the town’s importance in the days of the revolt against the Romans, and the fact that it was the command center for Josephus Flavius’s (commander of the Galilee) soldiers.