The Avenue of Kisses was photographed on the same day by the same photographer
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Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
The symbol of the Great Yard visitor center in Merhavia
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Kibbutz Merhavia symbol
The symbol of Moshav Merhavia
South Jordan Drainage and Streams Authority symbol
Symbol of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
The Avenue of Kisses And it is the boulevard, above everyone, above time, it stands upright, strong/sees everything and knows who we are/and I imagine our parents/walking down it at night/and they love its name/kissing boulevard [ Yael Rand-Kadmon, 2011 ]
The boulevard trees that were planted here in the days of the cooperative, in 1915, are of the common cypress type, with evergreen needles. They originate from Southern Europe, are about 12 m tall and about 2 m in diameter. The length of the boulevard is about 140 m and it extends to half the length of a dirt road that crossed the wadi and connected the cooperative and the settlement as a safe alternative to the road north of the settlement.
This boulevard was indeed used as a way of travel for loving couples from the two settlements, hence its name.
The cypresses, most of which still grow here, have been recognized for conservation. There is an intention to replant the cypresses that did not survive, and to continue the boulevard from the wadi eastward to the settlement beyond it.
[Photos]
A view from the colony to the cooperative. Avenue on the left
A view from the boulevard to the east