
If standing on the fortress, visitors can see the whole scene with a pretty view, spreading tens of kilometers.Īccording to UNESCO documents, in fact, the castle was built from a mountain, not a fortress built on a mountain. If traveling by cable car, the time to withdraw is 10 minutes. Today, if you travel by path, you have to travel for 3 hours under the burning sun to reach the fortress.

Masada fortress is located on the land with vertical cliffs, only 3 trails to go up. In the east, the fort near the Dead Sea has a height of 400m above the sea level, and the west cost more than 100m. He studied carefully before choosing this terrain to build the fort. Amazing works in the desertīuilt by Herdo the Great from 40-30 BC, when newly built, the Masada fortress was inviolable. Madasa fortress is built on a vertical cliff base.From the fortress, the eye can reach the Dead Sea.(Photo: Lam Lam). Photo The ancient 'impregnable' fortress was built near the Dead Sea At the end of the road, a towering mountain appeared, if not previously introduced, few people could imagine on a 400-meter-high mountain peak there was a thousand-meter-wide fortress. The road leads up to the long, winding fortress and thousands of sand and stones. If going along the highway from south to north, Masada fortress is on the right.


In the journey to discover Israel, tourists can hardly ignore - one of the World Heritage sites recognized by UNSECO in 2001. Masada Castle is located in the southwest of the Dead Sea (Israel) built by Herod the Great in 40 BC - once considered as an impregnable fortress.
