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Scale model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple
period, Israel Museum
Herod's Temple model at Holyland
Hotel in 1998
Holyland Model of JerusalemFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Holyland Model of Jerusalem is a 1:50 scale-model of the city of Jerusalem in the late SecondTemple Period. The model was moved from its originallocation at the Holyland Hotel in Bayit VeGan,Jerusalem, to a new site at the Israel Museum in June
2006.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
History
The model, measuring 2,000 square meters (21,520 square feet) wascommissioned in 1966 by Hans Kroch, the owner of the Holyland Hotel,in memory of his son, Yaakov, an IDF soldier who was killed in theIsraeli War of Independence in 1948. The model was designed byIsraeli historian and geographer Michael Avi Yonah based on thewritings of Flavius Josephus and other historical sources. The modelincludes a replica of the Herodian Temple. From 1974, Yoram Tsafrir
superintended the Holyland Model of Jerusalem.[2]
In 2006, the model was relocated to the southern edge of the Billy RoseSculpture Garden at the Israel Museum. In preparation for the move, themodel was sawn into 1,000 pieces and later reassembled. The Holyland Hotel spent $3.5 million on the
move.[1]
See also
Replicas of the Jewish Temple
References
1. ^a b Rock of our existence
(https://web.archive.org/web/20070211063731/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?
itemNo=732574) at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2007)
2. ^ Wharton, Annabel Jane (15 August 2006). Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks
(http://books.google.com/books?id=P1_BBK-LsesC&pg=PA220). University of Chicago Press. pp. 220.
Coordinates: 31.7732N 35.2023E
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Wikimedia Commons hasmedia related to Model ofJerusalem in the LateSecond Temple Period.
ISBN 978-0-226-89422-5. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
External links
Israeli museum website
(http://www.imj.org.il/panavision/jerusalem_model_index.html)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holyland_Model_of_Jerusalem&oldid=608371814"
Categories: Miniature parks Israel Museum Temple Mount Dioramas Second Temple
Herod the Great
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