🏛️ Masada

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Masada is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BC, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising over 400 m (1,300 ft) above the surrounding terrain, 20 km (12 mi) east of modern Arad.

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Masada is a cultural World Heritage site in Israel, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Masada was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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