Abstract
This paper discusses the importance of preserving traditional dwellings, especially those located within the boundaries of cities and old towns. It addresses the most important problems and obstacles that prevent the preservation of these buildings, as well as highlights cultural heritage and its importance in preservation process. This is done using a descriptive analytical approach; including documentation and questionnaires as its main tools. The study raises questions about maintaining building structure and its components of cultural significance without compromising its material and cultural essence. The study is focused on the Old City of Hebron and presents the difficulties that affect the livelihood and living conditions of people living within its boundaries. The study finds that there are necessary changes that are required to facilitate living in the Old City, including maintenance and re-fating, changing tiles and restructuring of plumping and sanitation facilities. These changes however, need to take preservation of the structural elements, and cultural heritage into account. The study concludes that there is a need for more studies to examine the structure and the identity of dwellings in the Old City which will help in future efforts to preserve the cultural essence of these dwellings and protecting them from structural changes, while making them inhabitable for people.
Highlights
The process of preserving cultural property in ancient cities is one of the topics that can take multiple different dimensions
The Preservation of historical buildings is established through legislation through the inclusion and scheduling of buildings and ruins, through systematic inspections and documentation of them, and the aim is to present it to those who use it in order to look at historical buildings with astonishment and read the technical and humanitarian messages that these buildings possess, other than Preservation as a concept and as a process is defined as a measure that ensures that cultural property does not become damaged or decayed [2]
The city of Hebron derives its importance from being the city of the prophets, and its name is taken from Khalil al-Rahman, our master Abraham, peace be upon him, the father of the prophets
Summary
The process of preserving cultural property in ancient cities is one of the topics that can take multiple different dimensions. The city of Hebron derives its importance from being the city of the prophets, and its name is taken from Khalil al-Rahman, our master Abraham, peace be upon him, the father of the prophets When his wife Sarah died in the meantime, he buried her in the Cave of Machpelah, which he had bought to be a grave for him and his family [6].Hebron was previously called Qaryat Arba, meaning city number four, in reference to the Arab Canaanite, Abu al-Anakin. The city remained under Islamic rule Until the Franks usurped it in 1099 AD, when they demolished the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and erected on its ruins a fortress for their knights They built a church and a monastery for their monks. After the Oslo Accords took place, Hebron entered under a partial administration of the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Occupation, which remains to this day [10]
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