Travel Guide Be'Er Sheva

With 204,000 inhabitants, Be 'er Sheva is the largest city in the Negev and the eighth in the country. The one seen as the desert door houses Ben Gurion University of Negev, whose most famous campus is the one of Sde Boker. Among its inhabitants, new immigrants (including many Russians and Ethiopians) have replaced Bedouins today. In this city of desert surgie concrete in the 1960 s and under permanent construction, architectural "successes" went badly old. Except for a few student addresses near the university, it is best to simply discover Be 'er Sheva in the perimeter of the old town. If the most animated streets are around the pedestrian area of haastsmaut Street, also go to Smilanski Street and Mordei Ha-Getaot Street. Some cozy restaurants and bars await you.It is probably the presence of the important archeological site of Tel Be 'er Sheva, located a few kilometers southeast, which gives tourists the opportunity to stop at Be' er Sheva. To revitalize the city, considerable work has been undertaken since 2012 to develop the Be 'er Sheva River Park complex south of Be' er Sheva, and several interesting museums or visiting places have since been inaugurated. The inevitable stop (except the site of Tel Be 'er Sheva) is Abraham's Well Visitor Center.HistoryThe remains revealed at Tel Be 'er Sheva show a human presence on the site from the fourth millennium B.C. The city is also mentioned twice in the book of Genesis, as Bersabée, as well as in the Book of Josué. However, until the end of the nineteenth century, Be 'er Sheva was little more than an oasis, with a handful of Bedouins living around. The Ottomans then set up a police station and built a train station and a railway line to Ashkelon and Gaza. During World War I, on October 31, 1917, the Australians of the Light Horse Brigade launched the load on Ottoman trenches and seized Be 'er Sheva. This event is often described as the last victorious cavalry load in history. Be 'er Sheva then becomes a major administrative center during the British mandate in Palestine. At the end of the latter, in 1948, the city was taken by the Israeli army and became the capital of the Negev. However, the 1960 s had to wait until the 1960 s and the influx of new Jewish immigrants began to develop.