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  • Kherfi and Historical Beehives

  • Kherfi and Historical Beehives

    Kherfi and Historical Beehives is historical beehives located around the abandoned village of Kherfi near Taif, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia. These 500-year-old apiaries, built on curved terraces on a mountain, resemble modern high-rise buildings and could house up to 1,300 beehives. Made of solid stone with stone columns, these structures are part of a cultural landscape that includes agricultural terraces, a protective stone fortress, and the ruins of Kherfi, reflecting an innovative and long-standing honey production tradition.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, The Rural Cultural Landscapes of Sarawat Mountains.
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    Kherfi and Historical Beehives

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2023

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Saudi Arabia

    Makkah

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    16th Century AD

    Islamic

    Islamic

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    Islamic Monuments

     

     

     

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