Tel Aviv

Tel-Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew תֶּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ (without niqqud: ?? ????-???); Arabic تَلْ اَبِيبْ-يَافَا Tal-Abīb-Yāfā) is an Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tel-Aviv is also part of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, known as Gush Dan ("Dan Aggregate"). Tel-Aviv is located at 32°5' North, 34°48' East (32.08333, 34.8). http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html

Culture

Tel-Aviv University (TAU), the second largest university in Israel, is located in north Tel-Aviv (in a neighborhood called Ramat-Aviv (Hebrew for "Spring Heights")). TAU has an excellent reputation internationally, mostly famous for its physics, computer technology, and Chemistry departments.

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Tel-Aviv University - University - Ramat-Aviv - Physics - Computer technology - Chemistry

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There are many cultural centers in Tel-Aviv, including the Opera House and the "Culture Hall" (with a 3,000 seat concert hall). Tel-Aviv also has many theatre companies and theatre halls, HaBima ("The Stage") is the most recognized.

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Opera - Concert - Theatre - HaBima

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Tel-Aviv has many museums and art galleries.

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• The Eretz Israel Museum is known for its rich collection of archeology and history exhibits.
• The major art museum in Israel is the Tel-Aviv Arts Museum.
• Batey Haosef Museum is a museum for the military history of the Israel Defense Forces. It is regarded by many experts and arms collectors as a real jewel, containing rare exhibits and authentic pieces from Israel's history as well as a wide variety of firearms and pictures.
• The Palmach Museum near Tel Aviv University offers a unique multimedia experience, as well as vast archives, depicting the lives of young self-trained Jewish soldiers who eventually became the first defenders of Israel.
• Near Charles Clore's garden in north Jaffa, Israel there is a small museum for the Etzel, who conquered Jaffa in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• On the campus of TAU is the Diaspora Museum, dedicated to Jewish history throughout the world. It explains through historical documentation and art how Jews have both prospered and been persecuted for centuries while away from their homeland.

In July 2003, Tel Aviv's White City was announced unanimously by the UNESCO council as a World Heritage Site, due to its massive assemblage of the Bauhaus International Style buildings, the city's most precious architectural style.

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UNESCO - World Heritage Site - Bauhaus

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