Mount Herzl

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Mount Herzl
Hebrew: Har Herzl
Mount Herzl IMG 1149.JPG
Main entrance to Mount Herzl
Elevation 834 m (2,736 ft)
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Location
Location Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°E / 31.77389; 35.18056Coordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°E / 31.77389; 35.18056
Mount Herzl National Cemetery
Mount Herzl - Mivza Kadesh Plot IMG 1228.JPG
the mount herzl national military and police cemetery
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Country Israel
Location Jerusalem
Type Public and Military
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Mount Herzl (Hebrew: הר הרצל, Har Herzl), also Har HaZikaron (Hebrew: הר הזכרון lit. "Mount of Remembrance"), is the national cemetery of Israel located in Jerusalem. It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Yad Vashem, the main Holocaust museum of Israel is located on the Mount of Remembrance that is extension of Mount Herzl. Mount Herzl is 834 meters above the sea level. The Northern area is the National Military and Police cemetery and the Southern area is the National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel.

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National Civil Cemetery of the State of Israel (Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma)[change]

the southern slop of Mount herzl dedicated to the leaders and important public persons of the state of Israel. in hebrew this cemetery called: Helkat Gdolei Ha'Uma ("the section of the great people of the nation"). the cemetery region are including a national memorials of the israeli public and memorial gardens of leaders that visit the state of israel.

Mount Herzl Plaza[change]

the ceremonial plaza is a big square in the top of the Mountain. in the northern edge is the grave of Theodor Herzl. the plaza is the place which the Independence Day celebrations are begining every year.

Garden of the Nations[change]

is a public garden with an Olives trees that plant by foreign leaders that visit the state of israel. in each tree is a plaque in memory of the leader who plant the tree.

Herzl Museum[change]

a bigraphical museum in the main entrance to Mount Herzl, tell the story of Theodor Herzl and his visin to creat the Zionist country. the museum was open in 2005.

The Zionism study center[change]

the central institute for study of Zionism and educational center is located beside the Herzl Museum. the center was open in 2013.

National Military and Police Cemetery[change]

the cemetery are located in the northern slop and uses as the main cemetery of the israeli soldiers and officars - if there family don't want to buried them in other places. the cemetery are including national memorials of the israely defence forces and memorial gardens for the people who fight in the pre zionist state.

Garden of the Missing Soldiers[change]

the Garden of the Missing Soldiers is a Memorial Garden in the National Military and Police Cemetery dedicated to the soldiers that place of burial is unknown and also dedicated to the memory of the unknown soldiers. in the garden there is a wall of names that started in the year of 1914 onward. beside him an empty graves with stones that marks the missing soldiers.

Gallery of Mount Herzl National Cemetery[change]

Mount of Remembrance[change]

is the western hill of Mount Herzl in 806 meters above the sea level (also western spur of Mount Herzl). the Mount of Remembrance called for the memory for the victims of the Holocaust and the Yad Vashem museum is on the top of the mountain.

Yad Vashem museum[change]

the Yad Vashem museum is the natioanl Holocaust museum of israel located in the top of the Mount of Remembrance viewing to Mount Herzl, the museum including the International School for Holocaust Studies, the "International Institute for Holocaust Research", the "Valley of the Destroyed Communities", the "Hall of Names", and the Righteous Among the Nations Memorial Path.

Official Ceremonies[change]

  • Memorial Day ceremony for Israel's Fallen Soldiers.
  • Memorial Day Ceremony for Victims of Terrorism, held at the memorial of terror in Israel.
  • Seventh of Adar ceremony for fallen soldiers whose resting place is unknown, held in Garden of the Missing Soldiers.
  • Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl Plaza.
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem.

Sections[change]

Burials[change]

Presidents[change]

Prime Ministers[change]

Ministers[change]

Knesset speakers[change]

Mayors[change]

Chief of General Staff[change]

Police Commissioners[change]


Monuments and Memorials in Mount Herzl National Cemetery[change]

Other websites[change]

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