World heritage in Israel
World Heritage Sites in Israel |
The world heritage in Israel (as of 2018) includes nine UNESCO world heritage sites , all of which are world cultural heritage sites. Israel acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1999, and the first two World Heritage sites were added to the World Heritage List in 2001. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2015.
World heritage sites
The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Israel in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).
Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Masada Archaeological Site ( location ) |
2001 | K | 1040 | former Jewish fortress at the southwest end of the Dead Sea | |
Old City of Akko ( location ) |
2001 | K | 1042 | ||
The "White City" of Tel Aviv ( location ) |
2003 | K | 1096 | ||
Incense Route - desert cities in the Negev | 2005 | K | 1107 | Part of the Frankincense Route in the Negev , includes the Nabataean cities of Avdat , Elusa , Mamshit and Shivta , the fortresses of Kazra , Nekarot , Makhmal , and Grafon and the caravanserai Moa and Saharonim | |
Biblical settlement mounds - Megiddo, Hazor, and Beer Sheva | 2005 | K | 1108 | Tell Be'er Scheva is in the Negev , Megiddo and Hasor deserts in northern Israel. | |
Baha'i holy sites in Haifa and Western Galilee | 2008 | K | 1220 | comprises 11 holy places of the Baha'i in Haifa and the western Galilee , among others the Baha'i World Center in Haifa with the shrine of Bab and in Akkon the shrine of Baha'ullahs and Baha'ullahs cell in Akko | |
Sites of human evolution in the Carmel Mountains | 2012 | K | 1393 | The sites of human evolution in the Carmel Mountains include the Nahal Me'arot caves in Wadi el-Mughara. These include the Tabun Cave, an important site for finding bones and tools of the Neanderthals , as well as the Jamal Cave , the El Wad Cave and the Skhul Cave | |
Burial caves in Marissa and Bet Guvrin | 2014 | K | 1370 | The caves of Marissa and Bet Guvrin in the lowlands of Judea are a microcosm in the "land of the caves". | |
Bet She'arim necropolis - landmark of the Jewish renewal ( location ) |
2015 | K | 1471 | The necropolis comprises over 20 underground graves, which were created as catacombs in the mountainside and are partly covered with elaborate portals. |
Tentative list
The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list .
Current World Heritage candidates
As of 2018, 18 sites are entered in the tentative list of Israel, the last entry was made in 2015. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.
Map with all coordinates of current World Heritage candidates: OSM
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Three Arch Gate in Dan and the sources of the Jordan | 2000 | K / N | 1469 | The sources of the Dan , the largest of the three source rivers of the Jordan, are located in a nature reserve near Tel Dan | |
Early synagogues in Galilee | 2000 | K | 1470 | Meron , Gush Chalav , Navorin , Barʿam , Bet Alpha , Korasim and Capernaum | |
Routes of Jesus and the Apostles in Galilee | 2000 | K | 1471 | includes sites in Galilee that were visited by Jesus and his apostles ; a. Nazareth , Sepphoris , Kafr Kana , the horns of Hittim , Migdal , around the Sea of Galilee , Tiberias and Mount Tabor . | |
Sea of Galilee and its ancient sites | 2000 | K | 1473 | ||
Chorvat Minnim ( location ) |
2000 | K | 1474 | Chirbat al-Minya, also called Horvat Minnim, was an Umayyad palace complex near the place Tabgha on the northwestern bank of the Sea of Galilee | |
Arbel | 2000 | K / N | 1475 | includes the three components Berg Arbel , Nabi Schuʿaib and Hörner by Hittim | |
Degania and Nahalal | 2000 | K | 1478 | Degania ( location ) and Nahalal ( location ) are examples of the first kibbutzim | |
Bet She'an ( location ) |
2000 | K | 1479 | ||
Caesarea ( location ) |
2000 | K | 1480 | ||
White mosque of Ramla | 2000 | K | 1482 | Mosque built in the 13th century in the city of Ramla | |
Jerusalem - old city and walls with mount Zion | 2000 | K | 1483 | planned expansion of the existing world heritage site of the old city and city walls of Jerusalem | |
Har carcoma | 2000 | K | 1488 | Mountain in the Negev desert , rock carvings from the Neolithic to the early Arab period | |
Timna | 2000 | K / N | archaeological national park with ancient copper mines and the remains of the city of Hurvat Timna | ||
Fortresses of the Crusades | 2000 | K | 1491 | Montfort , Belvoir Castle , Atlit , Arsuf , Akkon and Caesarea | |
Landscape of the Power Shim | 2001 | K / N | 1486 | Machtesch Ramon is an erosion crater in the Negev desert | |
Great Rift Valley - Hiking Routes - Chula | 2004 | N | 1886 | 2006 transnational application proposed | |
Lifta (Mey Neftoach) - Traditional mountain village | 2015 | K | 6061 | ||
A Kerem, a village and its cultural landscape ( location ) |
2015 | K | 6062 |
Former World Heritage candidates
These sites were previously on the tentative list, but were withdrawn or rejected by UNESCO. Sites that are included in other entries on the tentative list or that are part of world heritage sites are not taken into account here.
image | designation | year | Type | Ref. | description |
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Prehistoric sites - Ubeidiya, Gescher Benot Ya'aqov, Sha'ar HaGolan, Mount Carmel | 2000-2012 | K | 1477 | includes Ubeidiya , Bridge of the Daughters of Jacob , Sha'ar HaGolan , Mount Carmel
Sites of human evolution in the Carmel Mountains were added to the World Heritage List in 2012 |
Old city and city walls of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem in East Jerusalem , annexed by Jordan in 1950 and Israel in 1980 , which is also claimed by the Palestinian Territories , had been proposed by Jordan for inclusion in UNESCO World Heritage. In 1981 it was added to the World Heritage List as a World Heritage Site under the name Old City and City Walls of Jerusalem , although it was emphasized that this decision had no implication about Jerusalem's affiliation to a specific state. The world heritage site is not assigned to any state, but entered separately in the world heritage list under "Jerusalem (on the proposal of Jordan)". In 1982, again at the suggestion of Jordan, it was put on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger.
Web links
- Israel on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Israel. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 10, 2018 .
- ↑ German designation according to the World Heritage List. In: www.unesco.de. German UNESCO Commission, accessed on December 9, 2017 .
- ^ Tentative list of Israel. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 10, 2018 .
- ^ Former Tentative Sites of Israel. In: World Heritage Site. Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed March 10, 2018 .