VirtualGlobetrotting: Israel: Haifa

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Valery Kogan's House (Largest & Most Expensive Home in Israel)
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Valery Kogan, together with business partner Dmitry Kamenshchik, owns Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, the largest in Russia.
Kogan is building the largest home in Israel at a reported cost of $100M USD. The home, built on 8 lots directly on the Medeterranean includes over $570,000 of gold leafing, an 10,800 sqft entry hall with glass dome for the viewing of the night sky, and a $2M solid gold entry gate to the property.

Ramat David Air Base
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Israeli Air Base

Roman city of Caesarea Maritima
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Caesarea Maritima, called Caesarea Palaestina from 133 AD onwards, was a city and harbor built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BC. Today, its ruins lie on the Mediterranean coast of Israel about halfway between the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, on the site of Pyrgos Stratonos ("Strato" or "Straton's Tower", in Latin Turris Stratonis). Caesarea Maritima as with Caesarea Philippi in the Golan Heights and Caesarea Mazaca in Anatolian Cappadocia was named to flatter the Caesar. The city was described in detail by the 1st century Roman Jewish historian Josephus. The city became the seat of the Roman praefecti soon after its foundation. The emperor Vespasian raised its status to that of a colonia. After the destruction of Jerusalem, in 70 A.D., Caesarea was established as the provincial capital of Iudaea Province before the change of name to Syria Palaestina in 134 A.D. shortly before the suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt. According to historian H.H. Ben-Sasson, Caesarea was the "administrative capital" beginning in 6 A.D. Caesarea remained the capital until the early 8th century, when the Umayyad caliph Suleiman transferred the seat of the government of the Jund Filastin to the newly built city of Ramla.

Rafael Production Plant
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RAFAEL, Israel Armament Development Authority, is a world leader in the development and production of advanced interdisciplinary weapon systems for naval, air and ground forces. In addition to ongoing close cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces, RAFAEL Armament Development Authority provides technology tailored to the needs of a long list of customers including some of the world's leading armed forces. The Propulsion and Explosive Systems Directorate provides all propulsion, pyrotechnics and warhead requirements for RAFAEL armament systems purchased by Israeli and overseas Customers. Comprehensive facilities are available in RAFAEL to cover all aspects of research, design, development, manufacturing and testing of solid-propellant rocket motors with a wide size range. Static firings of solid rocket motors are conducted in well equipped remote controlled test stands. The research, development, manufacturing and testing of solid rocket motors is supported by RAFAEL's Metal Technologies Center, which handles production of metal motor components.
The Rafael operation in Haifa is reportedly the location of a nuclear weapons design laboratory (Division 20), a missile design development labortatory (Division 48) and a weapons assembly plant.

The Baha'i Gardens
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Binyamina Winery
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The winery was founded in 1952 by Joseph Zeltzer as Eliaz Winery in the town of Binyamina. In those early years it produced mostly sweet wines and table wines, although it was also known for producing liquers under the label Hard Nut, named after Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion, who was a "hard nut to crack". In 1994 it was purchased by a group of investors who renamed the winery and invested in new vineyards and technology. In 2008 the winery was purchased by supermarket chain Hatzi Hinam.

Rafael R&D Facility
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RAFAEL, Israel Armament Development Authority, is a world leader in the development and production of advanced interdisciplinary weapon systems for naval, air and ground forces. In addition to ongoing close cooperation with the Israel Defense Forces, RAFAEL Armament Development Authority provides technology tailored to the needs of a long list of customers including some of the world's leading armed forces. The Propulsion and Explosive Systems Directorate provides all propulsion, pyrotechnics and warhead requirements for RAFAEL armament systems purchased by Israeli and overseas Customers. Comprehensive facilities are available in RAFAEL to cover all aspects of research, design, development, manufacturing and testing of solid-propellant rocket motors with a wide size range. Static firings of solid rocket motors are conducted in well equipped remote controlled test stands. The research, development, manufacturing and testing of solid rocket motors is supported by RAFAEL's Metal Technologies Center, which handles production of metal motor components.
The Rafael operation in Haifa is reportedly the location of a nuclear weapons design laboratory (Division 20), a missile design development labortatory (Division 48) and a weapons assembly plant.

Google car in a mirror
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U Michaeli Airport (HFA/LLHA)
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20 rockets explode in Haifa (8 people dead) 16 July 2006

Shrine of the Báb
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Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází (October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a merchant from Shíráz, Persia, who at the age of twenty-four (on May 23, 1844) claimed to be the promised Qá'im (or Mahdi). After his declaration he took the title of Báb (meaning "Gate"). He composed hundreds of letters and books (often termed tablets) in which he stated his messianic claims and defined his teachings, which constituted a new sharí'ah or religious law. His movement eventually acquired tens of thousands of supporters, was opposed by Iran's Shi'a clergy, and was suppressed by the Iranian government, leading to the persecution and killing of thousands of his followers, called Bábís. In 1850, at the age of thirty, the Báb was shot by a firing squad in Tabríz.

University of Haifa
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The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi, to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa university is located on Carmel mountain. in the year of 1972 haifa university declared its independence and became the sixth academic institution in Israel and the fourth university.

The First Aliyah Museum
The First Aliyah (also The Farmers' Aliyah) was the first modern widespreadwave of Zionist aliyah. Jews who migrated to Palestine in this wave came mostly from Eastern Europe and from Yemen. "The First Aliyah began in 1882 and continued, intermittently, until 1903". An estimated 25,000–35,000 Jews immigrated to Palestine during the First Aliyah. While all throughout history Jews immigrated to Israel (such as the Vilna Gaon's group), these were generally smaller groups with more religious motives, and did not have a purely secular political goal in mind.

Bahá'í International Archives Building
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IEC Tower
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The IEC Tower is a skyscraper located in Haifa, Israel. At 130 meters in height and at 30 floors is the second tallest building in the city and the thirteenth tallest in Israel. Completed in 2003, the IEC Tower was designed by Rozov-Hirsch Architects and Mansfeld Kehat Architects and is the tallest building in Israel to serve only one company, the Israel Electric Corporation who moved their headquarters here from Tel Aviv. It is also Haifa's tallest office building. The tower is located near the MATAM business park which is outside of the CBD of Haifa, and in terms of roof height is actually Haifa's tallest tower, overtaking the Sail Tower.

Curbside produce

INS Gal
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INS Gal at the Naval Museum

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Flag with the logo on it
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a public research university in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1912, Technion is the oldest university in Israel. The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education. The university's principal language of instruction is Hebrew. There are three Nobel Laureates among the university staff.

Sail Tower
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The Sail Tower, officially District Government Center - Building B is a skyscraper and government building in Haifa, Israel. It is part of Haifa's District Government Center (responsible for the Haifa District), named after Yitzhak Rabin.

Vitruvian Man
The Vitruvian Man is a drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1490. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the architect Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in pen and ink on paper, depicts a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is stored in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, Italy, and, like most works on paper, is displayed only occasionally.
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519, Old Style) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It was first performed in 1977.
מי דואג לילד (Who takes care of the child)

Octopus graffiti
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Kiryat Eliezer Stadium

Israel Railway Museum
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VSP Diamond
At the Port of Haifa

Woman fixing her hair
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Israel Aircraft Industries F-21 Kfir
The Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir (Hebrew: "Lion Cub") is an Israeli-built all-weather, multirole combat aircraft based on a modified French Dassault Mirage 5 airframe, with Israeli avionics and an Israeli-made version of the General Electric J79 turbojet engine.

Dhafer Youssef
Dhafer Youssef (Arabic: ظافر يوسف‎; born 19 November 1967 in Teboulba, Tunisia) is a composer, singer and oud player. He developed an interest in jazz at an early age and clandestinely listened to it during his education at a Qur'anic school.

View of Haifa

Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art is a museum on the crest of Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of Japanese art. It is the only such museum in the Middle East. It was established in 1959 on the initiative of Felix Tikotin of the Netherlands, and Abba Khoushy, then mayor of Haifa.

Celebrity Silhouette
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Google Development Center at Matam
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Port of Haifa
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Kiryat Eliezer Stadium
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Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve
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Haifa Museum of Art
The Haifa Museum of Art, established in 1951, is located in a historic building built in the 1930's in Wadi Nisnas, Downtown Haifa. The museum focuses on
Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art.

Google guy posing by a statue

Maxim restaurant suicide bombing (10/4/2003)
21 dead

Israeli National Maritime Museum
The museum was founded in 1953, based on the private collection of its founder and first director, Aryeh Ben- Eli. In 1972, the museum moved to its current premises near the northern beachhead of Mount Carmel, between Stella Maris and Bat Galim neighborhoods. Nearby are the Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum and the Cave of Elijah.

Fountain

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil is a 2011 American computer-animated 3D family action comedy film and the sequel to 2005's Hoodwinked!, directed by Mike Disa and released on April 29, 2011.

Haifa Center HaShmona Railway Station

Romema Arena
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Google guy
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Technion Obelisk
Designed by architect & sculptor Santiago Calatrava

Bird sculpture fountain

Statue of a horse

Beach Gym
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The National Israeli Museum of the Sea
Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum (also called: The National Israeli Museum of the Sea) is an Israel navy museum located in Haifa. The museum covers the maritime history of Israel – from clandestine immigration during the British Mandate for Palestine through the history of the Israeli navy since its inception to the present.

Sammy Ofer Stadium
Home of Hapoel Haifa F.C.

Israeli Navy flag

Police car

INS Mivtach missile boat
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INS Mivtach - retired missile boat on permanent display at museum.