List of World Heritage Sites in Israel

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This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Israel with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Israel as inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list.

World Heritage Sites

The table is sortable by column by clicking on the Sort both.gif at the top of the appropriate column; alphanumerically for the Site, Area, and Year columns; by state party for the Location column; and by criteria type for the Criteria column. Transborder sites sort at the bottom.

Site; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation[1]
Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates
Criteria; as defined by the World Heritage Committee[2]
Area; in hectares and acres. If available, the size of the buffer zone has been noted as well. A value of zero implies that no data has been published by UNESCO
Year; during which the site was inscribed to the World Heritage List
Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicable
Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)		 Year Description Refs
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee Large white buildings in a landscape garden. Haifa and North District
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(iii)(vi)		 63 (160); buffer zone 255 (630) 2008 [3]
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba Ruins of building consisting of low walls of unhewn stones.  Israel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)		 96 (240); buffer zone 604 (1,490) 2005 [4]
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev Ruins of buildings in a desert. Negev
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(iii)(v)		 — 2005 [5]
Masada Ruins of a building made of unhewn stones. South District
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(iii)(iv)(vi)		 276 (680); buffer zone 28,965 (71,570) 2001 [6]
Old City of Acre 150x150px Western Galilee
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(ii)(iii)(v)		 63 (160) 2001 [7]
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement White modern building. Tel Aviv
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(ii)(iv)		 140 (350); buffer zone 197 (490) 2003 [8]
Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves Tabun-jamal-elWad caves.jpg Mount Carmel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(iii)(v)		 54 (130); buffer zone 370 (910) 2012 [9]
Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves Beit Guvrin 1.JPG Southern District,  Israel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(v)		 259 (640) 2014 [10]
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal Cave of coffins.jpg Haifa District,  Israel
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(ii)(iii)		 12 (30); buffer zone 64 (160) 2015 [11]

World Heritage Sites located in sites where the territorial status is yet to be determined

Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)		 Year Description Refs
Old City and Walls of Jerusalem 150px
Jaffa Gate and Tower of David.jpg		 East Jerusalem
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Cultural:
(ii), (iii), (vi)		 1981 [12]

Location of sites

Location of World Heritage Sites in Israel.

List of Properties in the Tentative List[13]

Name Date
Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan 2000
Early Synagogues in the Galilee 2000
The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles 2000
Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites 2000
Horvat Minnim 2000
Arbel (Arbel, Nebe Shueb, Horns of Hittim) 2000
Degania & Nahalal 2000
Bet She'an 2000
Caesarea 2000
White Mosque in Ramle 2000
Jerusalem (extension) 2000
Mount Karkom 2000
Timna 2000
The Crusader Fortresses 2000
Makhteshim Country 2001
The Great Rift Valley - migratory routes - The Hula 2004
Liftah (Mey Naftoah) – Traditional mountain village 2015
Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape 2015

See also

References

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  13. ↑ UNESCO Official page for Tentative list

External links

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