Abrahams Well - International Visitors Center (Beersheba) | visitors centre

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Place known as "Abraham's Well", actually designated by the Ottoman rulers some 1000 years ago. Major tourist attraction.

In this building

  1. Watertap
  2. Historic Beersheva photo exposition
  3. דגם של ישראל
  4. Meeting Hall
  5. Mosaic
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Wikipedia article: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahams_Well_International_Visitors_Center
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Coordinates:   31°14'13"N   34°47'35"E

Comments

  • Also the objective of allied efforts to take Beersheba in 1917 as part of Sinai and Palestine campaign. Multiple wells in the town were rigged with explosives however only a minor number were destroyed. Capturing the wells meant the attacking allied force, and its horses, could be watered. Failure to capture the town and the wells intact would have meant a retreat across near desert landscape for a force that had almost used up all its water supplies.
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