UNESCO declares Beit Guvrin a World Heritage Site 23 Jun 2014
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UNESCO declares Beit Guvrin a World Heritage Site

  • 6/23/2014
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    The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has declared the caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha to be a World Heritage Site.
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    The Bet Guvrin caves The Bet Guvrin caves Copyright: Courtesy Israel Ministry of Tourism
     
     
    (Communicated by the MFA Spokesperson)

    The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Qatar, yesterday (22 June 2014), by consensus, declared the caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha to be a World Heritage Site.

    This Israeli site will now be included in this prestigious list of extraordinary cultural sites from around the world.

    The candidacy of Beit Guvrin-Maresha was extensively prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs  along with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the Israeli World Heritage Committee and others. This site is the latest addition to the other Israeli sites already listed as part of World Heritage: Tel Aviv White City, Masada, the Biblical Tels, the Incense Route, the Baha’i Holy Shrines in Haifa, the Old City of Acre, and the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, listed in 2012.