Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
A World Heritage Site in Israel, inscribed in 2014 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2014
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (v)
- Property area
- approx. 259 ha
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 31.6011, 34.9000
- UNESCO ID
- 1370
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Names in other languages
- French
- Les grottes de Maresha et de Bet-Guvrin en basse Judée, un microcosme du pays des grottes
- Spanish
- Cuevas de Maresha y Bet Guvrin en la Baja Judea – Microcosmos de la Tierra de las Cuevas
Other World Heritage Sites in Israel
- Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (2008)
- Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba (2005)
- Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev (2005)
- Masada (2001)
- Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal (2015)
- Old City of Acre (2001)
- Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves (2012)
- White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement (2003)
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