Sights · Our pick in Tel Aviv
The White City
UNESCO World Heritage 2003
The white Modern Movement city of the 1930s to the 1950s: a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Our take
- UNESCO 2003
- Look up at the balconies
- Address
- White City, Tel Aviv
- Website
- whc.unesco.org
About The White City
The White City of Tel-Aviv was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2003. It was built from the early 1930s until the 1950s on the urban plan of Sir Patrick Geddes, by architects trained in Europe, and UNESCO calls it an outstanding architectural ensemble of the Modern Movement in a new cultural context. Its three zones are the central White City, Lev Hair with Rothschild Avenue, and the Bialik Area.
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