
Israel: White City by Stefan Boness
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A staircase in the Bauhaus style Hotel Cinema Esther at 1 Zamenhof Strasse. It was built by architect Yehuda Megidovitz in 1939. Tel Aviv is known as the White City in reference to its collection of 4,000 Bauhaus style buildings, the largest number in any city in the world. In 2003 the Bauhaus neighbourhoods of Tel Aviv were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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