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  • Battir

  • Battir

    Battir is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, 6.4 km west of Bethlehem, and southwest of Jerusalem. It was inhabited during the Byzantine and Islamic periods. Battir is a major Palestinian cultural landscape, the adaptation of a deep valley system for agricultural purposes as a result of a good supply of water. The complex irrigation system of this water supply has led to the creation of dry walls terraces which may have been exploited since antiquity. Battir was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.
    The site is a UNESCO World Heritage site with the official name, Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir.
    World Heritage Site
    Battir
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    Battir

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2014

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Palestine

    West Bank

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    2nd Century AD

    Roman

    Byzantine + Islamic

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    Byzantine & Islamic Monuments

     

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