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Sculpture park inspired by violent events of past

A SPRAWLING open air sculpture park exhibiting works of art created by the late Igael Tumarkin sits atop a windswept, basalt rock plateau overlooking a wide expanse of the Jordan Valley 550 metres below.

The sculpture exhibition site is adjacent to the partially reconstructed black basalt rock built Crusader fortress of Kohav HaYarden (Belvoir), aptly described by Muslim historians of the 12th century CE as “a nest of eagles and the dwelling place of the moon”.

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