Beit HaNassi
The President's House, known in
Etymology
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History
Before Beit HaNassi was built, President Chaim Weizmann lived in Rehovot in his own villa. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi used a cabin in Rehavia for his presidential duties while living in a regular apartment.[1]
In 1963, a plan to build a residence for the incoming president, Zalman Shazar, was started. During Shazar's presidency, he declined the offer to have the future residence built as part of existing political buildings.[2][1] As a result, the construction of a house in Talbiya was approved, to be built on a ten-dunam plot.[1] In 1964, architect Aba Elhanani won the contest for the residence design.[1] Beit HaNassi was inaugurated in 1971 by President Shazar.[2][1] The design came under harsh criticism from different public figures.[1]
During the visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, President Shimon Peres inaugurated a new custom that all visiting world leaders would plant an olive tree in the Beit HaNassi "peace garden".[3]
In October 2017, work was completed on a new, enlarged entrance to Beit Hanassi to enable faster processing of visitors to major events at the residence.[4]
Gallery
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Meeting room in 2008
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U.S. President Clinton at menorah lighting ceremony at Beit HaNassi, 1998
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Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in the annual olive harvest in the garden of Beit HaNassi, November 2020
References
- ^ a b c d e f David Kroyanker (3 March 2010). "From modesty to monstrosity". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ a b Greer Fay Cashman (30 April 2009). "Rothschild family steps in to rescue Beit Hanassi". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Pope To Lay 'Roots Of Peace' In Beit Hanassi Visit Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Turkish Weekly, 1 May 2009
- ^ New entrance for president's house
31°46′11″N 35°12′51″E / 31.76972°N 35.21417°E
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