Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Hotel is a
luxury hotel located in central
Jerusalem on
King George Street. The hotel is across the street from
Heichal Shlomo and the
Jerusalem Great Synagogue.
History
Leonardo Plaza Jerusalem Hotel, overlooking
Independence Park, was one of the first hotels to be built in West Jerusalem after the
Six-Day War.
Tourism, Religion and Pilgrimage in Jerusalem, Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Noam Shoval
/ref> Construction began in 1968. The architect of the 22-story Jerusalem stone-clad tower, which changed the city skyline, was Mordechai Ben-Horin. The hotel has 279 rooms and 2 restaurants. It opened in 1973 as the Jerusalem Plaza Hotel, operated by Canadian Pacific Hotels. It joined Sheraton Hotels in 1986 and was named the Sheraton Jerusalem Plaza Hotel until 2008. From 2008–2016, it was named the Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem. The hotel was briefly associated with Herods Hotels Herod may refer to:
People of the Herodian dynasty
* Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and in the New Testament orders the Massacre of the Innocents
* Herod Ar ...
, part of Fattal Group Fattal is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Hubert Fattal (1970–2022), Lebanese businessman
* Joshua Fattal, US hiker detained by Iran in 2009
* Michel Fattal (born 1954), French-language author
* Wahid El Fattal (born 1978), ...
, from 2016-2017 as the Herods Hotel Jerusalem. It then reverted to the Leonardo Plaza name in 2017.
See also
* Tourism in Israel
References
External links
* https://www.fattal-hotels.com/hotels_in_israel/jerusalem_hotels/leonardo_plaza_jerusalem/
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Hotel buildings completed in 1973
Hotels in Jerusalem
Hotels established in 1973
Sheraton hotels
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