List of World Heritage Sites in Israel

Bahá’i Holy Places

Tel Megiddo

Tel Hazor

Tel Be'er Sheva

Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev

Masada

Acre

Tel Aviv

Nahal Me'arot

Beit Guvrin

Beit She'arim

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Location of World Heritage Sites in Israel and Jerusalem

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.

The list includes ten sites in Israel.

World Heritage Sites[]

The table is sortable by column by clicking on the 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

World Heritage Sites located in Israel[]

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Area ha (acre)	Year	Description	Refs
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee		Haifa and North District 32°49′46″N 34°58′18″E / 32.82944°N 34.97167°E / 32.82944; 34.97167 (Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee)	Cultural: (iii)(vi)	63 (160); buffer zone 255 (630)	2008		[3]
Biblical Tels–Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba		Israel 32°35′50″N 35°10′56″E / 32.59722°N 35.18222°E / 32.59722; 35.18222 (Biblical Tels–Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba)	Cultural: (ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)	96 (240); buffer zone 604 (1,490)	2005		[4]
Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev		Negev 30°32′28″N 35°9′39″E / 30.54111°N 35.16083°E / 30.54111; 35.16083 (Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev)	Cultural: (iii)(v)	—	2005		[5]
Masada		South District 31°18′49″N 35°21′10″E / 31.31361°N 35.35278°E / 31.31361; 35.35278 (Masada)	Cultural: (iii)(iv)(vi)	276 (680); buffer zone 28,965 (71,570)	2001		[6]
Old City of Acre		Western Galilee 32°55′42″N 35°5′2″E / 32.92833°N 35.08389°E / 32.92833; 35.08389 (Old City of Acre)	Cultural: (ii)(iii)(v)	63 (160)	2001		[7]
White City of Tel-Aviv—the Modern Movement		Tel Aviv 32°4′0″N 34°47′0″E / 32.06667°N 34.78333°E / 32.06667; 34.78333 (White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement)	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		Mount Carmel 32°40′12″N 34°57′55″E / 32.67000°N 34.96528°E / 32.67000; 34.96528 (Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves)	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		Southern District,  Israel 31°36′0″N 34°53′44″E / 31.60000°N 34.89556°E / 31.60000; 34.89556 (Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin)	Cultural: (v)	259 (640)	2014		[10]
Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal		Haifa District,  Israel 32°42′8″N 35°7′37″E / 32.70222°N 35.12694°E / 32.70222; 35.12694 (Necropolis of Bet She’arim)	Cultural: (ii)(iii)	12 (30); buffer zone 64 (160)	2015		[11]

List of properties in the tentative list[]

In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.^[12] As of 2015, Israel recorded 18 sites on its tentative list. The sites, along with the year they were included on the tentative list are:^[13]

Site	Image	Location	Criteria	Year
Triple-arch Gate at Dan & Sources of the Jordan		Northern District	Mixed: (iv)(vi)(vii)(x)	2000
Early Synagogues in the Galilee		Northern District	Cultural: (iii)(vi)	2000
The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles		Northern District	Cultural: (iii)(vi)	2000
Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites		Northern District	Mixed	2000
Khirbat al-Minya		Northern District	Cultural: (iv)	2000
Arbel (Arbel, Nebe Shueb, Horns of Hittim)		Northern District	Mixed	2000
Degania & Nahalal		Northern District	Cultural: (v)(vi)	2000
Bet She'an		Northern District	Cultural: (ii)(iv)(v)(vi)	2000
Caesarea		Haifa District	Cultural: (ii)(iv)(v)(vi)	2000
White Mosque in Ramle		Central District	Cultural: (ii)(iv)	2000
Jerusalem (extension)		Jerusalem District	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)	2000
Mount Karkom		Southern District	Cultural: (iii)(v)	2000
Timna		Southern District	Mixed	2000
The Crusader Fortresses		Various districts	Cultural: (iv)(v)(vi)	2000
Makhteshim Country		Southern District	Mixed	2001
The Great Rift Valley – migratory routes – The Hula		Northern District	Natural	2004
Liftah (Mey Naftoah) – Traditional mountain village		Jerusalem District	Cultural: (ii)(iii)(v)	2015
Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape		Jerusalem District	Cultural: (ii)(iii)(v)(vi)	2015

See also[]

• Tourism in Israel
• List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia

References[]

External links[]

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre – Israel