Israel-MEA-20170607-(N171)–Art-in-Israel-Wheel in Rehovot
The Wheel of Rehovot
During our travels, we discovered the picturesque city of Rehovot. It is one of the early communities founded in the modern State of Israel and is located 20 kilometres south of Tel Aviv and has a previous history with Australia. During World War Two, Australian nurses were stationed in the 7th Australian General Hospital in the area of Rehovot and citizens there still remember when Australian soldiers helped protect their small city.
Rehovot, with its City emblem of a microscope, book and orange, is known as the City of Culture and Science, as well as being the Citrus Capital. Rehovot was founded in 1890 by a group of immigrants from Poland who named the city after Rehoboth, a place mentioned in the Bible. Today it is one of the largest cities in Israel and continues to welcome new residents from Yemen, Russian, Ethiopia, Morocco, North America amongst a number of other countries.
Many artists thrive in this city and each year it offers them the opportunity of displaying their work at the International Stone Sculpture Symposium where other artists from around the world are invited to participate. Much of their work is displayed in many of the local art galleries.
Close to the city is the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Clore Garden of Science, an outdoor science park, which educates and entertains both young and old. The Institute, established in 1934, is one of the world’s leading multi-disciplinary Research Institutes in Natural and Exact Sciences.
In and around Rehovot are well established, mature trees which line the streets and suburbs, and amongst the date pines is this splendid wheel sculpture. Rehovot is certainly a place to consider in your travel itinerary.
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