The Heptapegon Church of Tabgha or the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes-traditional spot where Jesus fed 5000.

Modern Church is near the foundation of a small chapel built in the 4th century AD. A large monastery and a church were built in the 5th century. It was destroyed in 614 during the Persian invasion. Crusaders found it in ruins when they arrived in 1099 and rebuilt it for a short period, only to be destroyed in 1187 and razed to the ground by the Mamluks in 1263. It was years later in 1932, two German archaeologists (Mader and Schneider) uncovered the Byzantine church's walls and mosaics. In the 1980s the present church was finally restored to its Byzantine form, incorporating portions of the original mosaics.

Inside the Church at the main altar, you can see the ancient 5^th Cent mosaic of the fish and loaves. Next to the mosaic is a large rock from the builders of the original 4th Century church, who believed that Jesus stood on this very rock when he blessed the fish and loaves before the feeding of the crowd who had come to hear him. The church is famous for its mosaics, unique among Byzantine churches in the Holy Land. Today, the church and surrounding land are property of the German Association of the Holy Land.