Monday, June 07, 2004

Unesco celebrates Tel Aviv

Sunset over a Tel Aviv beachBBC NEWS | Middle East: "When Tel Aviv announced with great pride that it was to be named a Unesco heritage site, many wondered what the city had that could contribute to world culture. Most visitors to Israel go straight from the airport to Jerusalem, the capital of three religions with its old city, churches, mosques and remains of the Jewish temple.

Above all, Tel Aviv is about cafe life. About sitting in the morning with your newspaper, arguing about politics, drinking your coffee. The cafes were brought to the shores of the Mediterranean by the same immigrants who brought the Bauhaus buildings."

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