Beit Guvrin National Park

In the Beit Guvrin National Park you will see: buildings of the Byzantine period and the Crusader era, the remains of the Roman theater, the hill of Mares, which Revoam, son of Solomon fortified from the Egyptian attack, as well as man-made caves and underground complexes that turned the park into a stunning, full of mysteries and mysteries underground labyrinth.

There are about 800 bell-shaped caves, many of which are connected through a network of underground corridors linking groups of 40-50 caves. It was believed that the caves originally served as quarries for the extraction of stones from which the Greek inhabitants of Mares built their houses, and later used as warehouses, in particular, in one of the caves you can see an ancient olive press, and in the other hundreds of pigeon niches.

In the mid-1990s, the remains of the Roman amphitheatre, which was built in the 2nd century, on the northwestern outskirts of the city of Beit Guvrin, were discovered here. Once it hosted gladiatorial fights, by the way, the capacity of the amphitheater was about 3,500 spectators.

You can see found on the hill of Mares, in 1924, Byzantine mosaics depicting birds and animals, see the burial caves with the image of the Greek painting: the three-headed dog Cerberus guarding the entrance to the underworld and the bright red Phoenix, which is a symbol of life after death.

And everyone will be able to attend concerts and other events held in the caves and enjoy the delightful acoustic sound, which is achieved thanks to their bell shape.