Independence Hall

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Independence Hall is a historic building in Tel Aviv, Israel, best known as the site where David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

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Independence Hall Museum 2
Independence Hall canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
museum
architecturalStyle Eclectic style
category Buildings and structures in Tel Aviv
Historic sites in Israel
Museums in Tel Aviv
National monuments of Israel
convertedTo art museum
independence museum
country Israel
dateOfSignificantEvent 1948-05-14
exhibits history of Tel Aviv in the 1940s
history of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
formerlyKnownAs Dizengoff House
hasGuidedTours yes
hasRoom declaration hall
heritageDesignation National Heritage Site of Israel
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "White City of Tel-Aviv"
inception early 20th century
languageOfSignage English
Hebrew
other languages for visitors
locatedIn Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel

Mandatory Palestine
Rothschild Boulevard
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv
surface form: Tel Aviv-Yafo
namedAfter Israeli Declaration of Independence
nearby Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
surface form: Habima Square

Tel Aviv modernist residential buildings
surface form: Rothschild Boulevard Bauhaus buildings
operator Independence Hall self-linksurface differs
surface form: Independence Hall Museum
originalFunction private residence
originalOwner Meir Dizengoff
originalOwnerOccupation first mayor of Tel Aviv
partOf Tel Aviv
surface form: White City of Tel Aviv
restoration hall restored to 1948 appearance
significantEvent Israeli Declaration of Independence
surface form: Proclamation of the State of Israel

Israeli Declaration of Independence
surface form: Signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence
significantPerson David Ben-Gurion
streetAddress 16 Rothschild Boulevard
theme Zionist history
founding of the State of Israel
touristAttraction yes
usedAs site of the declaration of the State of Israel

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Dizengoff House hasAlternativeName Independence Hall
Dizengoff House hasAlternativeName Independence Hall
this entity surface form: Independence Hall Museum
Independence Hall operator Independence Hall self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Independence Hall (Tel Aviv)
this entity surface form: Independence Hall Museum