Masada

World Heritage

Israel

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Masada is a rugged natural fortress of majestic beauty located in the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. It is a symbol of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, its violent destruction, and the last resistance of Jewish patriots to the Roman army in 73 AD. It is a palace complex built in the classical style of the early Roman Empire by King Herod the Great of Judah (reigned 37-4 BC). The camps, fortifications, and assault ramps surrounding the monument form the most complete Roman siege fortifications still preserved today.

Roman siege camp F and section of the Roman circumvallation wall

Aerial view showing Masada and the Snake Path from the northeast

Model of the northern palace

Masada's western Byzantine gate (#23 on plan)

A caldarium (hot room) in northern Roman-style public bath (#35 on plan)

Stepped pool interpreted by Yadin as a Herodian swimming pool, possibly used as a public ritual imme...

The Northern Palace's lower terrace (#39 on plan)

Aerial view of Masada, from the north

Byzantine church (#26 on plan)

Set of three Masada commemorative stamps, issued by Israel in 1965

Funeral to the human remains unearthed at Masada, 1969

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Information extracted from Wikidata

office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/058nb
Commons category	Masada
coordinate location	Point(35.353888888 31.315555555)
significant event	Siege of Masada
official website	http://www.masada.org.il/
Commons gallery	Masada
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Masada%20banner.jpg
place name sign	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Entrance%20sign%2C%20Masada%20-%20Ana%20Paula%20Hirama.jpg
area	276
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
offers view on	Dead Sea
Atlas Obscura identifier	masada
view	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dead%20Sea%20Region%2C%20Israel%20-%20panoramio%20%283%29.jpg
category for the view from the item	Category:Reichenau (island)
uses	4037781-7
country	Palestine
instance of	fortress
ISNI	0000 0001 2270 6184
executive body	Masada
location of creation	Masada
spoken text audio	ADV10926330
has quality	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Entrance%20sign%2C%20Masada%20-%20Ana%20Paula%20Hirama.jpg
male population	1243098
IPA transcription	2189855
ELSTAT geographical code	masada
number of rooms	lccn-no98115528

start time	2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Masada
official name	Masada
official name	Masada
official name	マサダ
official name	Massada
official name	مصعدة
official name	Древняя крепость Масада
official name	马萨达
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)
area	28965
applies to part	buffer zone
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Israel-2013-Aerial%2021-Masada.jpg
media legend	Masada od západu, v pozadí vlevo Mrtvé moře
media legend	Masada sett fra luften. Den romerske angrepsrampen stiger opp mot platået.