UNESCO World Heritage for Israel |
UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 10 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Israel to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Israel for descriptions.
1981 - Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | Cultural site | ||
2001 - Old City of Acre | Cultural site | ||
2001 - Masada | Cultural site | ||
2003 - White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement | Cultural site | ||
2005 - Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba | Cultural site | ||
2005 - Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev | Cultural site | ||
2008 - Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee | Cultural site | ||
2012 - Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves | Cultural site | ||
2014 - Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves | Cultural site | ||
2015 - Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal | Cultural site |
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls | Masada | White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement | Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee |