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Battir Station, the Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway

Credit: 

Latih Araj

A charming video retrospective of the days when the Palestinian village of Battir was a stop on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway of Palestine Railways. A look at Battir from 1890 until the video was made in 2011.

In 2014, Battir was named a World Heritage site for its terraced agriculture.