Hi,
We went hiking near Pi-Glilot site in North Tel-Aviv. The site is a gas facility and the construction around it is prohibited for couple of hundred meters. Leaving a green agricultural area in the middle of the country, one of the few that left.
The idea of moving the facility away and allow building in those fields was raised in the 1990’s. Te facility was not yet moved, but even if it will be, the green organizations calling to leave this place as green area for the people of Tel-Aviv.
Looks like a usual parking lot, bit when you goes in between the buildings…
Tada! green fields all they way to the horizon
A nice hill on the east edge of the area – so we climbed it =)
From the east of the hill are Ayalon highway – Tel-Aviv main road
To the North are the gas facility of Pi-Glilot and a military base
The panorama north from the top of the hill
A Samaritian cemetery of Tel-Baruch. Reveled during the works of building the railway connecting Tel-Aviv and Haifa. the first archeological excavation were made by Israel museum, and in 1989 by the Antiques authority.
The cemetery holds eight cemetery caves, chiseled into the rock that were used by the Samaritans around 4-5 century A.C. The use was stopped after the Samaritian rebellion of 529 A.C.
The first cave – Pi-Glilot
Second cave
Third cave with the round rock that used to sill the cemetery and prevent ritual impurity (Tumah) from the living.
Fourth cave
Fifth cave
Sixth cave
The flowering around the caves
Signs about the flowering of the Narcissus (none could be seen on site) and on the importance of this area to be left agricultural as a green area.
The gas facility Pi-Glilot in the distance
Fields from Ayalon highway to Pi-Glilot gas facility.
Going back as other families just start their hike. Even in the heat of the day the trees shadow enough
Link to the hike route
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