Lifta, Jerusalem

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:village
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Lifta
gptkb:Liftah
gptkbp:archaeologicalFinds gptkb:cemetery
Ottoman-era buildings
Roman remains
ancient spring
Byzantine remains
gptkbp:area 8,743 dunams (1945)
gptkbp:coordinates 31.7925°N 35.2047°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Israel
gptkbp:demolishedHouses some
gptkbp:depopulatedDuring 1948
gptkbp:ethnicComposition1945 Jewish
mosque
gptkbp:heritageStatus proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:1947–1948_Civil_War_in_Mandatory_Palestine
gptkbp:historicalPopulation Muslim majority
Jewish minority
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lifta, Jerusalem
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkb:Mandatory_Palestine
gptkbp:municipality gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:spring
mosque
traditional stone houses
gptkbp:notableEvent preservation campaigns
UNESCO nomination
court rulings on preservation
legal disputes over land
mass exodus 1948
property expropriation
urban development threats
gptkbp:notableFor well-preserved ruins
UNESCO tentative list
abandoned Palestinian village
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Yitzhak_Navon
gptkb:Abd_al-Qadir_al-Husayni
gptkbp:population1945 2,550
gptkbp:postalCode Jerusalem postal area
gptkbp:preservedHouses many
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status abandoned
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:artist
drug addicts
nature lovers
squatters
Jewish immigrants (post-1948)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yahya_Hammuda
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7