Late Ottoman village
Built at the end of the 19th cent. on the ruins of the ancient upper town, reusing old construction elements. After resettling the inhabitants in the 1980s, the government decided to preserve the Ottoman village.
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On the left the Bait Melkawi, on the right the visitor centre of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Built at the end of the 19th cent. on the ruins of the ancient upper town, reusing old construction elements. After resettling the inhabitants in the 1980s, the government decided to preserve the Ottoman village.