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UNESCO-listed park of hundreds of man-made caves (Bell Caves, Sidonian burial caves, columbaria), Tel Maresha and a Roman amphitheatre, on the Beit Shemesh-Kiryat Gat road (Route 38/35).
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War of Independence site on the hill above the road to Jerusalem, with communication trenches, a lookout at the Mukhtar's House and an 11-minute film about the battle screened inside an ancient well.
Photo: Zeev Stein (זאב שטיין), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 2.5 (opens in a new tab)
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Park of hundreds of 1:25 scale models of Israeli buildings and landscapes at Latrun junction, about 13 km north of Beit Shemesh.
Photo: יודוקוליס (Commons user), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
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