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Sign: Jerusalem - The Built Heritage - British and Foreign Bible Society Building


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Safra Square 8, Jerusalem, Israel
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On the sign:
סמל "ירושלים - המורשת הבנויה"

בניין החברה לתנ"ך
הבניין נחנך ב-1928, כמשרדי חברה מסיונרית. עיצובו משלב את הסגנון הבינלאומי ישר הזוויות עם עיטורים מזרחיים-מקומיים. אחרי 1948, ובמשך כשלושים שנה, שכנו בבניין מעבדות בית הספר לרפואה של האוניברסיטה העברית. אדריכל - קליפורד הולידיי.

مبنی جمعية الكتاب المقدس
افتتح هذا المبنى عام ۱۹۲۸ ليكون مقرأ لجمعية تبشيرية، ويمزج تصميم المبنى بين الطراز الدولي مستقيم الزوايا وبين زخارف شرقية محلية ، بعد عام ١٩٤٨ وعلى مدى ثلاثين عاماً، كان هذا المبنى مقرأ لمختبرات كلية الطب التابعة للجامعة العبرية . المهندس المصمم : كليفورد هوليدي

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY BUILDING
DEDICATED IN 1928 AS THE LOCAL BRANCH OF A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, ITS DESIGN FUSES THE STRAIGHT-ANGLED INTERNATIONAL STYLE WITH LOCAL-ORIENTAL ORNAMENTATION. FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS BEGINNING IN 1948 (ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE) THE BUILDING HOUSED LABORATORIES OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH MEDICAL SCHOOL. ARCHITECT: CLIFFORD HOLLIDAY

משרד התיירות | החברה הממשלתית לתיירות | החברה לפיתוח מזרח ירושלים | הרשות לפיתוח ירושלים | עיריית ירושלים
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Comments:
A sign of the Jerusalem "The Built Heritage" series, a project initiated by architectural historian David Kroyanker in 1993, in which buildings of historic value were commemorated in central Jerusalem.
The signs were designed by Harel Designers Office, and the logo is in the form of a relief of a rosette window ("Rosetta").

The building was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Below the sign is a sign indicating the year the building’s cornerstone was laid:
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY
PRESIDENT HRH. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT KG.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST

THIS STONE WAS LAID ON DECEMBER 22 1926 BY
H.E THE HIGH COMMISSIONER

FIELD-MARSHAL LORD PLUMER
GCB. GCMG. CCUO. G.BE.

דברך אמת
كلامك مو حق
THY WORD IS TRUTH

A. C HOLLIDAY.
BARCH ARIB.A

E.DI.A DE FARROG CO.
CONTRACTORS.
Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of "Jerusalem - the built heritage"
[The main text appears in English]
Ministry of Tourism | Government Tourism Company | East Jerusalem Development Company | Jerusalem Development Authority | Jerusalem Municipality



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