Scale model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple

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Herod's Temple model at Holyland

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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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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

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