Be'eri Forest
The Be'eri Forest (Hebrew: יער בארי) of area about 11,000 dunams is located in the western Negev, within the Eshkol Regional Council area.[1] In was planted by the pioneers of the kibbutz Be'eri.[2]
Be'eri Forest
Tourist attractions
- Be'eri Badlands Nature Reserve
- ANZAC Memorial (
Media related to Anzac Memorial (Israel) at Wikimedia Commons) - Abandoned Be'ery Sulphur Quarry ( Media related to Sulfur Quarry of Be'eri at Wikimedia Commons)
- Beeri IDF Temporary Military Cemetery ( Media related to Beeri IDF Temporary Military Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons)
Other tourist attractions include water cisterns and wells from the Byzantine period and extensive ammunition depots from the British Mandate period.[3]
During the winter season a major attraction of the area is the anemone blooming, which peaks on the break of January/February. Luckily, the anemones were not damaged during the Palestinian airborne arson attacks,[2] from which other area of the forest, including the Be'eri Badlands, heavily suffered.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Be'eri Forest.
- יער בארי, Jewish National Fund; English-language version: "Beeri Forest - Fields of Wildflowers in Southern Israel"
- Galit Buzaglo, היסטוריה, אופניים, הליכה ופריחות: טיול ביער בארי, Ha'aretz, December 20, 2018
- Yoav Kava, אל בורות המים והגופרית יער בארי ו"דרך מתקני המים", Ha'aretz, March 17, 2004
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