Tel Aviv's 'White City' UNESCO site (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
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Bauhaus (architecture), draw only border, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1940s construction, 1930s construction
The White City (Hebrew: העיר הלבנה, Ha-Ir HaLevana) refers to a collection of over 4,000 Bauhaus or International style buildings built in Tel Aviv from the 1930s by German Jewish architects who immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine after the rise of the Nazis. Tel Aviv has the largest number of buildings in this style of any city in the world. Preservation, documentation, and exhibitions have brought attention to Tel Aviv's collection of 1930s architecture. In 2003, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed Tel Aviv's White City a World Cultural Heritage site, as "an outstanding example of new town planning and architecture in the early 20th century."[1] The citation recognized the unique adaptation of modern international architectural trends to the cultural, climatic, and local traditions of the city.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_City_(Tel_Aviv)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 32°4'25"N 34°46'27"E
- Wadi Rum 264 km
- Mount Athos (Agion Oros) 1342 km
- Ennedi Massif 2116 km
- Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park 2884 km
- Garamba National Park 3110 km
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve 3370 km
- Ruwenzori Mountains National Park 3525 km
- Dja Faunal Reserve - UNESCO World Heritage Site 3952 km
- Arli National Park 4136 km
- Pendjari National Park 4152 km
- Habima Complex 0.5 km
- Rothschild Boulevard 0.7 km
- Kerem Ha-Teimanim (The Yemenite Quarter) 0.8 km
- Jerusalem Beach 1 km
- Wave Breakers 1.1 km
- Gordon Beach 1.2 km
- World Trade Center Tel Aviv 1 1.5 km
- Railway neighborhood-Tel Aviv 1.5 km
- Neve Zedek 1.6 km
- Charles Clore Park and beach 1.8 km