Ramat Aviv
Ramat Aviv (Hebrew: רָמַת אָבִיב, lit. Spring Heights) is the name of several neighborhoods in the Northwest District of Tel Aviv, Israel:
- Ramat Aviv Aleph (also known as Ramat Aviv, Old Ramat Aviv or Green Ramat Aviv)
- Ramat Aviv Bet (mainly known as Neve Avivim)
- Ramat Aviv Gimmel
- Ramat Aviv HaHadasha (New Ramat Aviv)
These neighborhoods have higher than average real estate prices.
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[edit] Geography
All four neighborhoods are located in the Northwest District (District 1) of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Neve Avivim (Ramat Aviv Bet) is at the center of the neighborhoods carrying the name Ramat Aviv. Ramat Aviv Aleph is located to the south of Neve Avivim. Ramat Aviv Gimmel is located to the north of Neve Avivim. Ramat Aviv HaHadasha is located to the west of Neve Avivim.
Ramat Aviv Mall is located in Ramat Aviv Aleph, at its northwestern end, to the southwest of Neve Avivim. The Eretz Israel Museum is located to the south of Ramat Aviv Aleph. Tel Aviv University is located east of Ramat Aviv Aleph and Neve Avivim. The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora is located on the campus of Tel Aviv University.
[edit] History
Al-Shaykh Muwannis, a nearby Palestinian village was abandoned in March 1948 under pressure from Jewish militia, two months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Most of Al-Shaykh Muwannis is part of today's Tel Aviv University campus, however, the outskirts of the Arab village extended into today's Ramat Aviv Aleph.
Ramat Aviv Aleph (then plainly Ramat Aviv) was founded in the 1950s, following the great influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe into Israel. Over the years additional neighborhoods were built to the north and northwest, also carrying the name Ramat Aviv. Around Ramat Aviv Aleph the University of Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel Museum, and Diaspora Museum (on Tel Aviv University campus) were built.
[edit] Cultural references
Ramat Aviv Gimmel was the name of a soap opera on Israeli TV. A luxury residential complex in Kiev (capital of Ukraine) is modelled after Ramat Aviv Gimmel.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Israelis build 'mini Tel Aviv' in Kiev, The Jewish Chronicle (November 26, 2009)
Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 34°47′49″E / 32.11417°N 34.79694°E
