According to Jewish tradition, the Tomb of Maimonides is located in Tiberias, Israel. Although Maimonides, a Sephardic Jew, died in Fustat, Egypt, on 12 December 1204, it is believed that he was only briefly buried in that city before being reinterred in Tiberias. Owing to his recognition as a prominent Jewish philosopher, his tomb is one of Israel's most important Jewish pilgrimage sites and is also among Tiberias' most visited tourist attractions. The site also serves as the burial place of Yohanan ben Zakkai, a prominent Tannaim of the Second Temple period; and Isaiah Horowitz, a prominent Jewish mystic of the 16th/17th century.
Tomb of Maimonides (2017)
Tomb of Maimonides (June 2023)
Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba in al-Andalus within the Almoravid Empire on Passover eve 1138, until his family was expelled for refusing to convert to Islam. Later, he lived in Morocco and Egypt and worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher.
Purported portrait of Maimonides from which all modern portraits are derived, Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum c. 1744
Maimonides' house in Fez, Morocco, according to local tradition. It is now occupied by the Dar al-Magana.
Monument in Córdoba
Bas relief of Maimonides in the United States House of Representatives