Solomon's Pools

Para llegar al lugar mejor tomar un taxi de condutor musulmán pues está cerca de Belén, en Cisjordania (palestina). Estas 3 cisternas escalonadas se tallaron en la roca, al parecer en época Herodes. Recogían el agua de lluvia y las fuentes cercanas para abastecer Jerusalén, pese a estar a 20 km de la ciudad.

To get there take a taxi because of Muslim Conductor is near Bethlehem, West Bank (Palestine). These 3 tiered tanks were carved into the rock, apparently in time Herod. They collected rainwater and supply sources close to Jerusalem, despite being 20 km from the city. There are palm trees and pine trees everywhere. It is considered that the Pools of Solomon, located in a village near Bethlehem, are part of a Roman construction during the reign of Herod the Great. The pools supplied water to an aqueduct that carried water to Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They occur in different planes descending into the valley of Ortas. Were until recently vital to supply water to Jerusalem. The first pool is 116 m. Long and 70 m. Average width and a depth of 7 m. Sustain robust buttresses inside. The second, the middle, a little lower, about 49 m. Is partly rock-cut and different gradations overlapping each other, which made superfluous the buttresses. Has 129 m. Long and 70 m. Wide and 12 m deep. It can be lowered by two staircases at the corners NO., Where they enter the waters of the fountain, and NE. Has been dated by archaeologist Mazar Amihabi between second and first centuries BC, when the Hasmoneans built the aqueduct. The pool bottom third, about 45 m. From the foregoing, has a length of 177 m. And a latitude of 83 m. At the western end and 45 m. In the opposite, and a maximum depth of 15 m. It has, in several buttresses.

Aconsejable ir con guia.

Advisable to go with a guide