Kiryat Shaul cemetery

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Kiryat Shaul
Burial tower
Kiryat Shaul military cemetery

The Kiryat Shaul ( Hebrew בית העלמין קריית שאול) is a 320  dunam Jewish cemetery in Tel-Aviv , Israel.

It was laid out in 1943 and today contains 80,000 graves. It is located on Kiryat Shaul Street in Tel Aviv. Kiryat Shaul hosts many personalities from politics and culture, u. a. Alexander Penn , Nathan Alterman , Abraham Chalfi , Avraham Shlonsky , Tirza Atar , Felicja Blumental , Dahlia Ravikovitch , Amos Manor , Natan Yonatan , Shmulik Chizik , Mosche Shamir , Moshe Vilenski , Mordechai Zeira , Nahum Nardi , Daniel Sambursky , Izhak Rovinai , Hanna Rovinai , Shmuel Rodensky , Yafa Yarkoni and Zev Sufott .

The Yarkon Cemetery has served as the main cemetery for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area since 1991 .

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Commons : Kiryat Shaul Cemetery  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 32 ° 7 ′ 45 ″  N , 34 ° 49 ′ 25 ″  E