Israeli heritage tour in Jerusalem Tour Routes and Entertainment Ideas

Mount Herzl serves as the national and most important cemetery of Israel. On it are located a few uniquely important places, such as the tomb of Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl- the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel; Israel’s National Military cemetery; the burial ground for the leaders of the nation; the burial ground for the leaders of the Zionist movement, in addition to numerous memorial monuments. Herzl's remains were brought to Israel and were reinterred here in 1949, and in his birth centennial a ceremony took place here in which the special and unique gravestone of his tomb- a simple black Galilee quarried marble with only the name Herzl engraved on it- was revealed. In the grave site allocated for leaders of the state (Helkat Gedolei Ha'Uma- Burial Ground for the Leaders of the Nation), are entitled to be buried the Presidents and Prime Ministers of the State of Israel and the Speakers of the Knesset (the presiding officers in Israel's parliament) and their spouses. On the western slopes of the mountain is located "Yad VaShem” (from a Biblical verse, meaning "a memorial and a name”)- 45 acres complex containing the Holocaust History Museum, memorial sites, the Museum of Holocaust Art, archives, research institute, library and educational center. Here is also located the Herzl Museum, which includes impressive and spectacular audio-visual displays about Herzl’s work and even his original study room.