For our last day in Jerusalem, Allot, the company that invited Armando for the business meetings had a surprise for all of us.
We were invited to do a tour of Old City with the highlight of a Tour to the Western Wall Tunnels.
We visited again the Four Quarters which was full of people as usual.
When we arrived at the Tunnels we found a large number of Israeli young men that were part of the Israeli Army and were doing a ceremony in front of the Western Wall.
The Western Wall stretches along almost half a kilometer, but today, the part visible to all at the Western Wall Plaza is a mere 70 meters of it. The tour of the Western Wall Tunnels allows visitors to reach the segments of the Wall hidden from view, and to touch the original and special stones that tell the story of the Jewish nation. Visitors to the Western Wall Tunnels walk through ancient and fascinating subterranean spaces with exquisite archeological findings, such as large stone arches, water pits, an ancient water aqueduct that ends at the Strouthion Pool, and more.
It was an outstanding experience that forever will be engraved in our memories and we would highly recommend having a Guided Tour of the Tunnels.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 12 Bethlehem Church of Nativity Gaza West Bank Separation Wall Graffiti Art
Another day that Armando stayed in the hotel for business meetings and Paula went to visit the West Bank.
Paula joined a Tour that picked her up from the Hotel and too her first through border patrol to Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity.
Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, now stands where Jesus was born. One particular cave, over which the first Church was built, is traditionally believed to be the Birthplace itself. In locating the Nativity, the place both marks the beginnings of Christianity and is one of the holiest spots in Christendom. The site also includes Latin, Greek Orthodox, Franciscan and Armenian convents and churches, as well as bell towers, terraced gardens and a pilgrimage route.
Next she visited the West Bank Wall, a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier against terrorism, while Palestinians call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. It has a total length of 708 kilometres (440 mi) upon completion.
An interesting part of the visit was to The Walled Off Hotel which was intended as a temporary and provocative piece of installation art, turning the oppressive 700-kilometre-long wall that cuts through occupied Palestinian land into an improbable tourist attraction. Visitors drawn to Bethlehem by Banksy’s art – both inside the hotel and on the colossal wall outside – are given a brief, but potent, taste of Palestinian life in the shadow of Israel’s military infrastructure of confinement.
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Paula joined a Tour that picked her up from the Hotel and too her first through border patrol to Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity.
Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, now stands where Jesus was born. One particular cave, over which the first Church was built, is traditionally believed to be the Birthplace itself. In locating the Nativity, the place both marks the beginnings of Christianity and is one of the holiest spots in Christendom. The site also includes Latin, Greek Orthodox, Franciscan and Armenian convents and churches, as well as bell towers, terraced gardens and a pilgrimage route.
Next she visited the West Bank Wall, a separation barrier in the West Bank. Israel calls it a security barrier against terrorism, while Palestinians call it a racial segregation or apartheid wall. It has a total length of 708 kilometres (440 mi) upon completion.
An interesting part of the visit was to The Walled Off Hotel which was intended as a temporary and provocative piece of installation art, turning the oppressive 700-kilometre-long wall that cuts through occupied Palestinian land into an improbable tourist attraction. Visitors drawn to Bethlehem by Banksy’s art – both inside the hotel and on the colossal wall outside – are given a brief, but potent, taste of Palestinian life in the shadow of Israel’s military infrastructure of confinement.
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Monday, January 20, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 11 Jerusalem Israel Museum Zedekiah Caves
On this day, Armando stayed in the Hotel for business meetings while Paula went to visit the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world.
Among the highlights of the Museum’s original campus is the Shrine of the Book, designed by Armand Bartos and Frederick Kiesler, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts. Adjacent to the Shrine is the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66 CE, and provides historical context to the Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. After a scroll has been exhibited for 3–6 months, it is removed from its showcase and placed temporarily in a special storeroom, where it "rests" from exposure. The museum also holds other rare ancient manuscripts and displays the Aleppo Codex, which is from the 10th-century and is believed to be the oldest Bible codex in Hebrew.
Paula was very impressed to learn about the influence of the Jewish diaspora from Portugal and Spain.
The interior of a synagogue from Suriname, a typical example of Spanish and Portuguese synagogues in the New World.
The Shrine of the Book houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts. The scrolls were discovered in 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran.
In the evening we had an event at the Zedekiah Caves in Jerusalem.
We heard the history of the Caves, an ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons that has been a center of legend and ceremony for thousands of years.
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The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world.
Among the highlights of the Museum’s original campus is the Shrine of the Book, designed by Armand Bartos and Frederick Kiesler, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts. Adjacent to the Shrine is the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, which reconstructs the topography and architectural character of the city as it was prior to its destruction by the Romans in 66 CE, and provides historical context to the Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
As the fragility of the scrolls makes it impossible to display all on a continuous basis, a system of rotation is used. After a scroll has been exhibited for 3–6 months, it is removed from its showcase and placed temporarily in a special storeroom, where it "rests" from exposure. The museum also holds other rare ancient manuscripts and displays the Aleppo Codex, which is from the 10th-century and is believed to be the oldest Bible codex in Hebrew.
Paula was very impressed to learn about the influence of the Jewish diaspora from Portugal and Spain.
The interior of a synagogue from Suriname, a typical example of Spanish and Portuguese synagogues in the New World.
The Shrine of the Book houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts. The scrolls were discovered in 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran.
In the evening we had an event at the Zedekiah Caves in Jerusalem.
We heard the history of the Caves, an ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons that has been a center of legend and ceremony for thousands of years.
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Sunday, January 19, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 10 Jerusalem Cardo Temple Mound Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Day 10 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Today we started on the Cardo and walked the well known Byzantine street with the imposing columns. We then visited the Temple Mount, got back to the Western Wall and finished the day with a walk to the Mount of Olives going past the Garden of Getshemane.
To enter the Temple Mount, the third holiest Muslim site in the world, if you are not a Muslim you can only do it at a certain time of the day and entrance is only through one door. We were also not allowed to enter the mosque nor the Dome of the Rock. But just walking on the Mount was an amazing experience. The mosaic work on the Dome of the Rock is amazing and it surely does not look that it has been around since 692 CE.
We had a great lunch on the Israeli quarter and tried a number of middle eastern dishes.
The walk to the Mount of Olives is full of surprises starting with amazing views of the outer wall, the Jewish cemetery with the Tombs of Absolum and Zecariah on the Kidron Valley. On the other side of the road we could see the Muslim cemetery with the Golden Gate in the distance.
We also visited the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations that enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest. (Mark 14:32–42). The garden itself is beautiful. Whether or not it is the exact spot where Jesus agonized, it is very near it. Beautifully tended, the garden is full of olive trees of all ages. The oldest ones are probably about 2,000 years old.
We then walked up hundreds of stairs (in hindsight it probably would have been better to take a taxi or a bus) to the Mount of Olives.
The views from this site are breathtaking and we could not get enough photos.
We then took the bus back to the old city where we entered it through the Damascus Gate and visited a number of other roads we had not done before.
We even stopped for a knafeh nabulsiyeh, which originated in the Palestinian city of Nablus, and is the most representative and iconic Palestinian dessert. It uses a white-brine cheese called Nabulsi. It is prepared in a large round shallow dish, the pastry is colored with orange food coloring, and sometimes topped with crushed pistachio nuts.
Every day has been special so far but this one was probably the most special.
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Today we started on the Cardo and walked the well known Byzantine street with the imposing columns. We then visited the Temple Mount, got back to the Western Wall and finished the day with a walk to the Mount of Olives going past the Garden of Getshemane.
To enter the Temple Mount, the third holiest Muslim site in the world, if you are not a Muslim you can only do it at a certain time of the day and entrance is only through one door. We were also not allowed to enter the mosque nor the Dome of the Rock. But just walking on the Mount was an amazing experience. The mosaic work on the Dome of the Rock is amazing and it surely does not look that it has been around since 692 CE.
We had a great lunch on the Israeli quarter and tried a number of middle eastern dishes.
The walk to the Mount of Olives is full of surprises starting with amazing views of the outer wall, the Jewish cemetery with the Tombs of Absolum and Zecariah on the Kidron Valley. On the other side of the road we could see the Muslim cemetery with the Golden Gate in the distance.
We also visited the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations that enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest. (Mark 14:32–42). The garden itself is beautiful. Whether or not it is the exact spot where Jesus agonized, it is very near it. Beautifully tended, the garden is full of olive trees of all ages. The oldest ones are probably about 2,000 years old.
We then walked up hundreds of stairs (in hindsight it probably would have been better to take a taxi or a bus) to the Mount of Olives.
The views from this site are breathtaking and we could not get enough photos.
We then took the bus back to the old city where we entered it through the Damascus Gate and visited a number of other roads we had not done before.
We even stopped for a knafeh nabulsiyeh, which originated in the Palestinian city of Nablus, and is the most representative and iconic Palestinian dessert. It uses a white-brine cheese called Nabulsi. It is prepared in a large round shallow dish, the pastry is colored with orange food coloring, and sometimes topped with crushed pistachio nuts.
Every day has been special so far but this one was probably the most special.
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 9 Jerusalem Tower of David Via Dolorosa Museum of the Mount Church of The Holy Sepulchre Bethesda Arabian Cemetery Orion Hotel
Day 9 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Another day walking around Jerusalem.
Today we started the day visiting the Tower of David where there is a museum where we learned how the city had been conquered and many times destroyed by different civilizations. It is fascinating.
The views from the top of the tower are amazing.
We then walked the Via Dolorosa a number of times.
We also stopped and visited a number of churches along the way.
A very interesting visit was to the Church of Flagellation that today belongs to a Franciscan order. We visited their museum and learned more about the life over the last 2,000 years in the area.
We then walked to the Pool of Bethesda, saw the heavily guarded entries to the Temple Mount and walked by the Arabian cemetery just next to the outside of the Jerusalem walls (on the East side) and also saw the closed (since 1541) Golden Gate.
In the Tower of David we also visited a special exhibition of the Temple Mount. It was highly informative.
We finished the day with an evening light show inside the Tower of David using its walls as backdrop.
After today’s history lesson about Jerusalem, our respect for the importance of this city for 3 (Christian, Jewish and Muslim) important religion groups is very high and our thoughts and prayers go towards continued peaceful coexistence among men in the City of David.
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View of Jerusalem from the Tower of David
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Another day walking around Jerusalem.
Today we started the day visiting the Tower of David where there is a museum where we learned how the city had been conquered and many times destroyed by different civilizations. It is fascinating.
The views from the top of the tower are amazing.
We then walked the Via Dolorosa a number of times.
We also stopped and visited a number of churches along the way.
A very interesting visit was to the Church of Flagellation that today belongs to a Franciscan order. We visited their museum and learned more about the life over the last 2,000 years in the area.
We then walked to the Pool of Bethesda, saw the heavily guarded entries to the Temple Mount and walked by the Arabian cemetery just next to the outside of the Jerusalem walls (on the East side) and also saw the closed (since 1541) Golden Gate.
In the Tower of David we also visited a special exhibition of the Temple Mount. It was highly informative.
We finished the day with an evening light show inside the Tower of David using its walls as backdrop.
After today’s history lesson about Jerusalem, our respect for the importance of this city for 3 (Christian, Jewish and Muslim) important religion groups is very high and our thoughts and prayers go towards continued peaceful coexistence among men in the City of David.
Video of Armando playing with a radio on the street
View of Jerusalem from the Tower of David
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Friday, January 17, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 8 Jerusalem Old City 4 Quarters Western Wall
Day 8 in Israel 🇮🇱
Today we visited the Old City in Jerusalem.
The objective on the first day was to do an overall look at the city so we visited the 4 quarters: Christian, Muslim, Armenian and Jewish.
In a day full of experiences some that stand out are the visit to see Armenian art, visited the church of the Holy Sepulchre, walked the Via Dolorosa, saw the Roman influence in the city, had lunch in an Armenian restaurant, were pushed and shoved (😉) in the market and ended the day welcoming the Shabbat next to the Western Wall.
It is an amazing city that needs to be felt more than seen ...
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Today we visited the Old City in Jerusalem.
The objective on the first day was to do an overall look at the city so we visited the 4 quarters: Christian, Muslim, Armenian and Jewish.
In a day full of experiences some that stand out are the visit to see Armenian art, visited the church of the Holy Sepulchre, walked the Via Dolorosa, saw the Roman influence in the city, had lunch in an Armenian restaurant, were pushed and shoved (😉) in the market and ended the day welcoming the Shabbat next to the Western Wall.
It is an amazing city that needs to be felt more than seen ...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 7 Jerusalem Masada Ei Gedi Oasis Dead Sea
Day 7 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Today we woke up at 3am in the morning so we could go to Masada and do the sunrise tour.
We left Jerusalem at 4am and travelled 90 minutes to get to bottom of the hill at about 5:30am and start our climb that takes 45 minutes to one hour. We left still at night and light started to appear about 20 minutes into our climb and by the time we got to the top the sun was out over the Dead Sea.
The Masada story is an amazing one and it refers to events that happened at Masada (Hebrew: מצדה metsada, "fortress") which is an ancient fortification situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa.
Between 37 and 31 BCE, Herod the Great built a large fortress on the plateau as a refuge for himself in the event of a revolt, and erected there two palaces.
After Herod’s death and the annexation of Judea, the Romans built a garrison at Masada. When the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans broke out in 66 A.D., a group of Jewish people known as the Sicarii, led by Menahem, took over the Masada complex.
With Jerusalem in ruins, the Romans turned their attention to taking down Masada, the last community in Judea with 960 rebels, including many women and children. Led by Flavius Silva, a legion of 8,000 Romans built camps surrounding the base, a siege wall, and a ramp on a slope of the Western side of the mountain made of earth and wooden supports.
After several months of siege without success, the Romans built a tower on the ramp to try and take out the fortress’s wall. When it became clear that the Romans were going to take over Masada, on April 15, 73 A.D., on the instructions of Ben Yair, all but two women and five children, who hid in the cisterns and later told their stories, took their own lives rather than live as Roman slaves.
Masada is not only important because it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site or an ancient fortress occupying a breathtaking, strategic location high on a flat plateau above the Dead Sea, but because of its symbolic importance of determination and heroism which continues to this day with many Israeli soldiers sworn in here.
WE LOVED MASADA AND WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
After Masada, we visited the Ein Gedi oasis and nature reserve. To be surrounded by desert and yet have waterfalls around is amazing. We even walked under a waterfall.
We then ended our tour by having a dip in the Dead Sea. And yes we did the all mud thing and this evening our skin felt 20 years younger 😉.
It was an AMAZING day where we did lots of exercise, interacted with God’s beautiful nature and were awed by the example of men.
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Today we woke up at 3am in the morning so we could go to Masada and do the sunrise tour.
We left Jerusalem at 4am and travelled 90 minutes to get to bottom of the hill at about 5:30am and start our climb that takes 45 minutes to one hour. We left still at night and light started to appear about 20 minutes into our climb and by the time we got to the top the sun was out over the Dead Sea.
The Masada story is an amazing one and it refers to events that happened at Masada (Hebrew: מצדה metsada, "fortress") which is an ancient fortification situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa.
Between 37 and 31 BCE, Herod the Great built a large fortress on the plateau as a refuge for himself in the event of a revolt, and erected there two palaces.
After Herod’s death and the annexation of Judea, the Romans built a garrison at Masada. When the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans broke out in 66 A.D., a group of Jewish people known as the Sicarii, led by Menahem, took over the Masada complex.
With Jerusalem in ruins, the Romans turned their attention to taking down Masada, the last community in Judea with 960 rebels, including many women and children. Led by Flavius Silva, a legion of 8,000 Romans built camps surrounding the base, a siege wall, and a ramp on a slope of the Western side of the mountain made of earth and wooden supports.
After several months of siege without success, the Romans built a tower on the ramp to try and take out the fortress’s wall. When it became clear that the Romans were going to take over Masada, on April 15, 73 A.D., on the instructions of Ben Yair, all but two women and five children, who hid in the cisterns and later told their stories, took their own lives rather than live as Roman slaves.
Masada is not only important because it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site or an ancient fortress occupying a breathtaking, strategic location high on a flat plateau above the Dead Sea, but because of its symbolic importance of determination and heroism which continues to this day with many Israeli soldiers sworn in here.
WE LOVED MASADA AND WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
After Masada, we visited the Ein Gedi oasis and nature reserve. To be surrounded by desert and yet have waterfalls around is amazing. We even walked under a waterfall.
We then ended our tour by having a dip in the Dead Sea. And yes we did the all mud thing and this evening our skin felt 20 years younger 😉.
It was an AMAZING day where we did lots of exercise, interacted with God’s beautiful nature and were awed by the example of men.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 6 Nazareth Church of The Annunciation Catholic and Greek Orthodox White Mosque Jerusalem
Day 6 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Today we spent most of the day walking the streets of Nazareth looking at the market and visiting the two churches of the Annunciation (the Catholic and the Greek Orthodox), the White mosque and Mary’s well.
The Catholic Church of Annunciation is massive and it is probably one of the largest churches we have visited.
The Greek Orthodox is much smaller but lots of gold and images inside.
The churches of Annunciation were established at the sites where, according to tradition, the Annunciation (visit of the angel to Mary to let her know she was going to bear a child) took place.
The White Mosque is very simple.
We then drove to Jerusalem where we spent a week looking at the various sites.
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Today we spent most of the day walking the streets of Nazareth looking at the market and visiting the two churches of the Annunciation (the Catholic and the Greek Orthodox), the White mosque and Mary’s well.
The Catholic Church of Annunciation is massive and it is probably one of the largest churches we have visited.
The Greek Orthodox is much smaller but lots of gold and images inside.
The churches of Annunciation were established at the sites where, according to tradition, the Annunciation (visit of the angel to Mary to let her know she was going to bear a child) took place.
The White Mosque is very simple.
We then drove to Jerusalem where we spent a week looking at the various sites.
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 5 Nazareth Mount of the Beatitudes Capernaum Golan Heights Sea of Galilee
Day 5 in Israel 🇮🇱
Today we took the car and spent an interesting day.
First stop was the Mount of Beatitudes, then down to Capernaum where we enjoyed the archeological site, the church of Peter and the Sea of Galilee.
Then we drove to Mount Bental from where we could see Syria 🇸🇾 and also saw the trenches where the army fought from and the only border post between the two countries.
We then drive towards Golan Heights on the furthest road East, the 98 where we saw bunkers and lots of Israeli army tanks.
We finished the day back in Tiberias overlooking the Sea of Galilee.
Strong experiences all around ...
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Today we took the car and spent an interesting day.
First stop was the Mount of Beatitudes, then down to Capernaum where we enjoyed the archeological site, the church of Peter and the Sea of Galilee.
Then we drove to Mount Bental from where we could see Syria 🇸🇾 and also saw the trenches where the army fought from and the only border post between the two countries.
We then drive towards Golan Heights on the furthest road East, the 98 where we saw bunkers and lots of Israeli army tanks.
We finished the day back in Tiberias overlooking the Sea of Galilee.
Strong experiences all around ...
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Monday, January 13, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 4 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Car Rental Nazareth Dinner Tishreen
Day 4 in Israel 🇮🇱
Most of the day in Tel Aviv where we went to see the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Saw some interesting pieces.
The Museum has also an amazing internal architecture.
Towards end of afternoon, rented a car and drove to Nazareth and we will spend the next couple of days visiting some of the well known sites of this northern region.
Traffic was very busy and you realize how small the country really is.
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Most of the day in Tel Aviv where we went to see the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Saw some interesting pieces.
The Museum has also an amazing internal architecture.
Towards end of afternoon, rented a car and drove to Nazareth and we will spend the next couple of days visiting some of the well known sites of this northern region.
Traffic was very busy and you realize how small the country really is.
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Sunday, January 12, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 3 Tel Aviv City Centre Market Bauhaus
Day 3 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Still Tel Aviv ...
Liebling House Museum, more Bauhaus architecture, HaBima Square, Rothschild Boulevard, Carmel Market, Neve Tzedek and Jaffa once more.
Lovely day ...
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Still Tel Aviv ...
Liebling House Museum, more Bauhaus architecture, HaBima Square, Rothschild Boulevard, Carmel Market, Neve Tzedek and Jaffa once more.
Lovely day ...
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 2 Tel Aviv Walking North on Boardwalk Rothschild Avenue
Our second day in Tel Aviv, Israel 🇮🇱.
Sunny and warmer ...
Today we walked the northern part of the promenade and also walked the city looking for Bauhaus architecture.
In addition to its beaches, vibrant nightlife, bohemian cafés and artisan markets, Tel Aviv harbours a ‘White City’ – the residual gems of the Bauhaus design movement, whose structures contribute a striking impression on the city’s skyline. Though many of this UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site’s buildings have fallen into disrepair, their once-gleaming facades graffitied or turned grey, many of the original 4000 Bauhaus buildings have been restored to their former glory.
The Bauhaus movement originated in 1919 in Weimar, Germany and pioneered the modernist ideology that draws intimate connections between aesthetic and social sensibilities. The movement successfully injected artistic creativity into industrial manufacturing, at the same time grounding fine art with purpose and functionality.
When many of the Jewish Bauhaus architects, hailing from across central and eastern Europe, arrived in British Palestine, having fled from the increasingly popular Nazi ideology, they brought the Bauhaus design principles with them, and endeavoured to realise what they could not in their home countries: a city designed from the ground up, constituted by smooth-lined, universalist structures. Modern Tel Aviv was only 20 years old, the first stone laid in reclaimed swamp land near Jaffa Port in 1909, and almost all of the public and commercial buildings erected in the 1930s followed the Bauhaus style.
In 2003 UNESCO declared The White City a World Cultural Heritage Site, for its status as the largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings anywhere in the world.
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Sunny and warmer ...
Today we walked the northern part of the promenade and also walked the city looking for Bauhaus architecture.
In addition to its beaches, vibrant nightlife, bohemian cafés and artisan markets, Tel Aviv harbours a ‘White City’ – the residual gems of the Bauhaus design movement, whose structures contribute a striking impression on the city’s skyline. Though many of this UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site’s buildings have fallen into disrepair, their once-gleaming facades graffitied or turned grey, many of the original 4000 Bauhaus buildings have been restored to their former glory.
The Bauhaus movement originated in 1919 in Weimar, Germany and pioneered the modernist ideology that draws intimate connections between aesthetic and social sensibilities. The movement successfully injected artistic creativity into industrial manufacturing, at the same time grounding fine art with purpose and functionality.
When many of the Jewish Bauhaus architects, hailing from across central and eastern Europe, arrived in British Palestine, having fled from the increasingly popular Nazi ideology, they brought the Bauhaus design principles with them, and endeavoured to realise what they could not in their home countries: a city designed from the ground up, constituted by smooth-lined, universalist structures. Modern Tel Aviv was only 20 years old, the first stone laid in reclaimed swamp land near Jaffa Port in 1909, and almost all of the public and commercial buildings erected in the 1930s followed the Bauhaus style.
In 2003 UNESCO declared The White City a World Cultural Heritage Site, for its status as the largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings anywhere in the world.
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Friday, January 10, 2020
Visit to Israel 🇮🇱 Day 1 Tel Aviv Walking South on Boardwalk Jaffa
Our first day in Tel Aviv, Israel 🇮🇱.
Sunny and chilly .
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Sunny and chilly .
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