Frumin House

Froumine House was the temporary abode of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, from 1950 to 1966. The building is at 24 King George Street in downtown Jerusalem. The first to the fifth Knesset sessions were conducted there.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Temporary Israeli parliament building (1950–1966)
  • Also known as: “Froumine House”, “בניין הכנסת הישן”, and “הכנסת הישנה”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Artist’s House and The National Library.

Museum
Photo: Ranbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jerusalem Artists House is an Israeli art gallery and exhibition space in , that housed the , established in 1906. The historic 19th century building, in Jerusalem's neighborhood, was the home of Boris Schatz, who opened an art school and museum alongside his family residence. is situated 110 metres west of Frumin House.

Library
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of Israel, formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of and of Jewish heritage. is situated 1¼ km west of Frumin House.

Museum
Photo: אסף.צ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. is situated 1½ km southwest of Frumin House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Jerusalem and Nahlaot.

Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

Suburb
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Nachlaot is a cluster of 32 neighbourhoods, many of them courtyard neighborhoods in central surrounding the . It is known for its narrow, winding lanes, old-style housing, hidden courtyards and many small synagogues.

Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in . It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.

Frumin House

Latitude
31.78025° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.21558° or 35° 12′ 56″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6J8+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 448218134
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5506497
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Frumin House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت فرومين”
  • Czech: “Fruminův dům”
  • Hebrew: “בית פרומין”

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