List of World Heritage Sites in Israel and Jerusalem

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Israel and Jerusalem 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.

Location of World Heritage Sites in Israel and Jerusalem

The list includes nine sites in Israel proper, and one site in disputed East Jerusalem. UNESCO does not list the East Jerusalem site as being in any country, pending final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians; it is also listed as a World Heritage site in Danger.

World Heritage Sites
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		 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		 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		 Cultural:
(iii)(v)		 — 2005 [5]
Masada South District
31°18′49″N 35°21′10″E		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 Cultural:
(ii)(iii)		 12 (30); buffer zone 64 (160) 2015 [11]

World heritage sites located in East Jerusalem
Site Image Location Criteria Area
ha (acre)		 Year Description Refs
Old City and Walls of Jerusalem
Jerusalem
31°46′36″N 35°14′03″E		 Cultural:
(ii), (iii), (vi)		 1981 [12]

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.[13] 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:[14]

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

References
  1. "World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
  2. "The Criteria for Selection". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. "Bahá'i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  4. "Biblical Tels–Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  5. "Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  6. "Masada". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  7. "Old City of Acre". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  8. "White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement". UNESCO. Retrieved 17 Aug 2011.
  9. "Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me'arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves". UNESCO. Retrieved 16 Jul 2012.
  10. "Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 Aug 2015.
  11. "Necropolis of Bet She'arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal". UNESCO. Retrieved 3 Aug 2015.
  12. "Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls". UNESCO. Retrieved 26 Nov 2012.
  13. "Tentative Lists". UNESCO. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
  14. UNESCO Official page for Tentative list
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