Itongadol.- The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Qatar, has declared yesterday by consensus the caves of Beit Guvrin-Maresha 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 with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, the Israeli World Heritage Committee and others.
This site is the latest addition to eight other Israeli sites already listed as part of World Heritage: Tel Aviv White City, Massada, the Biblical Tells, the Incense Route, and the Baha’i Holy Shrines in Haifa, the Old City of Acre, and Nahal Me\’arot Nature Reserve, listed in 2012.