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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26A7_raoul-wallenbergs-residence_Haifa-Haifa-District.html
Raoul Wallenberg, a "Righteous Among the Nations", lived in this building in 1936, while working in the Holland Bank office in Haifa's lower downtown area.
In 1944, he was sent by the Swedish government as a diplomat to Hungary and worked to sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNQ_palmach-negev-brigade-memorial_Beer-Sheva-South-District.html
The story of the Negev Brigade in the War of Independence
(Nov, 1947 - March, 1949)
The Brigade, whose ranks included local settlers, fought
courageously against superior forces - Arab irregulars and the
invading Egyptian Army - and defended t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O2A_latin-dedicatory-inscription_Jerusalem-Jerusalem-District.html
Latin Text that appears on Stone:
... )s Tiberivm
... Pon)tivs Pilatvs
... Praef)ectvsivda(ea)
English Translation of Text, provided, but not seen on Stone:
... building in honor of) Tiberius
... Pon)tius Pilate
... Praef)ect of J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I5R_the-shrine-and-mansion-of-baha-u-llah_North-District.html
At the heart of this site is the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, the final resting place of the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, regarded by Bahá'ís as the most holy spot on earth. Next to the Shrine stands the Mansion where Bahá'u'lláh resided from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I47_the-german-colony-story_Haifa-Haifa-District.html
The establishment of the German Colony in 1869 is a milestone in the history of Haifa's development. In the middle of a sparsely populated and largely barren land, laboring under deficient rule, hundreds of German settlers characterized by great e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IE_the-ancient-village-of-nazareth_Nazareth-IL.html
What is left of the ancient village consist of a network of grottoes and bits of walls form various historical periods. Going backwards in time we found first the remains of the XVII century Franciscan monastery, then the palace of the crusader ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18I8_the-crusader-fortress-of-the-knights-of-the-hospital-and-the-ottoman-turkish-citadel-of-akko_Acre-IL.html
On this site, in the 12th-13th century, towered the fortress of the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John (the "Hospitallers") who were based in Akko (Acre) until the Muslim conquest of the city in 1291. Over the ruins of the fortress…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18HZ_the-crusaders_Acre-IL.html
On their way to Jerusalem in 1099, the Crusaders killed the Jewish 'infidels' and destroyed many communities, among which were in the communities of Speyer, Worms and Magenza. In memory of those who perished the prayer "Merciful Father" was compos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18H3_the-citadel_Tsipori-IL.html
The Citadel (perhaps a watch tower) was built during the crusader period on foundations from an earlier period. Some of the cornerstones are rubble-filled Roman sarcophagi.
In the 18th Century the building was renovated by Dahr El-Omar, the Bed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18GW_the-theater_Tsipori-IL.html
The Roman theater was built in the late first or early second century C.E. Carved into the bedrock on the steep northern slope of the hill. It's diameter is 72 m., and it seated 4000.The rows of seats constructed on the hewn bedrock were robbed in…