Al-Tira, Haifa
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 5,270
- Coordinates
- 32.762, 34.975
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
al-Tira was a Palestinian town located 7 kilometres south of Haifa. It was made up of five khirbets, including Khirbat al-Dayr where lie the ruins of St. Brocardus monastery and a cave complex with vaulted tunnels.