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''Homage to Jerusalem'' is a 1977 sculpture by Alexander Calder in Holland Square, near Mount Herzl in
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''Homage to Jerusalem'' is a 1977 sculpture by Alexander Calder in Holland Square, near Mount Herzl in Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. It is at the corner of Kiryat Yovel Street and Ein Karem
ar, عين كارم
, settlement_type = Neighborhood of Jerusalem
, image_skyline = Ein Karem IMG 0624.JPG
, imagesize = 300px
, image_caption = View of Ein Karem
, subdivision_type = Country
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at a view point overlooking the Jerusalem Forest
The Jerusalem Forest is a municipal pine forest located in the Judean Mountains on the outskirts of Jerusalem. It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beit HaKerem, Yefe Nof, Ein Kerem, Har Nof and Givat Shaul, and a moshav, Beit Zeit. The fo ...
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History
When Alexander Calder visited Israel in 1975 with his wife, the Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek ( he, טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 197 ...
asked him to create a sculpture for Jerusalem. The chosen site for the sculpture was the northeastern slope of Mount Herzl. It was made of bolted sheet metal and painted bright red.
The stabile's components were crated and sent to Israel by boat for on‐the-spot reassembly.
When construction began on the Jerusalem light railway, the sculpture was relocated to a site opposite Shaare Zedek Medical Center.''
Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper w ...
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See also
*Israeli art
Visual arts in Israel refers to Plastic arts, plastic art created first in the Palestine region, region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by List ...
* List of public art in Israel
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