The Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities seeking registration of a number of archaeological, historical and natural on the list of World Heritage sites, including the Valley Quilt, so as to improve tourism and the preservation of sites dating back thousands of years
Wadi Kelt of the Palestinian tourism landmarks
The director of the Department of Tourism and Antiquities in the city of Jericho, Iyad Hamdan: "We are working on a recording of wild area on the World Heritage List, which includes a number of monasteries, in addition to beautiful scenery, located in east Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jericho areas
Among these areas Wadi Quilt or monastery Kelt, which runs from east Jerusalem until Jericho west along 45 kilometers and where there is water fountains and ancient Roman channels
In the past year, Palestinians have succeeded in recording Battir village of archaeological water stands on the World Heritage List, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization "UNESCO" meeting at its 38th Doha
According to historical information that a number of monks lived at the beginning of the third century AD in small caves on the sides of the valley Kelt in which water flows from three springs before being built monasteries in the fifth and sixth centuries of the birth of Christ
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