Mount Herzl

Mount Herzl
Hebrew: Har Herzl
Main entrance to Mount Herzl
Highest point
Elevation834 m (2,736 ft)
ListingJudaean Mountains
Coordinates31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°E / 31.77389; 35.18056
Geography
Location1 Herzl Boulevard, Jerusalem
Mount Herzl National Cemetery
the mount herzl national military and police cemetery
Details
Established1948
Location
Herzl Boulevard, Jerusalem
CountryIsrael
TypePublic and Military
Find a GraveFindagrave
a sign mark the Visitors Trail
a map with newsletters mark every corner in the visitors trai

Mount Herzl (Hebrew: הר הרצל, Har Herzl), also called Har HaZikaron (Hebrew: הר הזכרון, which means "Mount of Remembrance"), is the national cemetery of Israel in Jerusalem. It is named for Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Yad Vashem, the main Holocaust museum of Israel is on the Mount of Remembrance. It is an extension of Mount Herzl. Mount Herzl is 834 meters above 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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