Mt. Herzl
| Mount Herzl | |
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הַר הרצל Har Herzl |
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The main entrance to Mount Herzl
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 834 m (2,736 ft) |
| Coordinates | 31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°ECoordinates: 31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | 1 Herzl Boulevard Jerusalem |
| Parent range | Judean |
Mount Herzl (Hebrew: הר הרצל Har Hertsel), also Har ha-Zikaron (הר הזכרון lit. "Mount of Remembrance"), is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside the Jerusalem Forest.
It is named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism. Herzl's tomb lies at the top of the hill. Yad Vashem, which commemorates the Holocaust, lies to the west of Mt. Herzl. Israel's war dead are also buried there. Mount Herzl is 834 meters above sea level. Every plot section in Mount Herzl has a broad plaza for memorial services. Most state memorial ceremonies for those killed at war are conducted in the National Military and Police cemetery.
In 1934, Zionist leader Menahem Ussishkin organized the re-interment of Leon Pinsker in Nicanor Cave on Mount Scopus in an attempt to build a pantheon for the great leaders of the Jewish nation. Ussishkin was buried there himself in 1941. When Mount Scopus became an enclave, cut off from Jerusalem, the implementation of this plan was no longer feasible.
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