The Ralli Museum is a museum in Casarea, Israel, built in 2007 and dedicated entirely to Sephardic Jewry, and especially during the Golden Age of Jews in Spain.
The building is built in the Spanish Mudejar architectural style with a large courtyard in the center, where there is a fountain with twelve lions called Columbus Fountain (named after the discoverer of America), being a replica of the lion fountain of the Alhambra Palace in Granada made of the same material ( White Macae l), whose origin is believed to date back to the palace of King David in Jerusalem. The fountain is surrounded by sculptures in white Macael marble of four of the great thinkers, scientists and Talmudists of the time – Maimonides , Ibn Gabirol , Yehuda Haleví and Spinoza .
The courtyard also features 66 columns in White Macael Marble , 16 columns in Alcañiz Sandstone , a Crema Marfil obelisk and a replica of the portico of the Christopher Columbus façade in Las Palmas. Finally, a large cloister of 1000 m2 covered in Alhama Travertine with 16 columns in White Macael and 9 sculptures in White Macael .
White Macael Marble, Alcañiz Sandstone, Ivory cream marble, alhama travertine
The Ralli Museum is a museum in Casarea, Israel, built in 2007 and dedicated entirely to Sephardic Jewry, and especially during the Golden Age of Jews in Spain.
The building is built in the Spanish Mudejar architectural style with a large courtyard in the center, where there is a fountain with twelve lions called Columbus Fountain (named after the discoverer of America), being a replica of the lion fountain of the Alhambra Palace in Granada made of the same material ( White Macae l), whose origin is believed to date back to the palace of King David in Jerusalem. The fountain is surrounded by sculptures in white Macael marble of four of the great thinkers, scientists and Talmudists of the time – Maimonides , Ibn Gabirol , Yehuda Haleví and Spinoza .
The courtyard also features 66 columns in White Macael Marble , 16 columns in Alcañiz Sandstone , a Crema Marfil obelisk and a replica of the portico of the Christopher Columbus façade in Las Palmas. Finally, a large cloister of 1000 m2 covered in Alhama Travertine with 16 columns in White Macael and 9 sculptures in White Macael .
White Macael Marble, Alcañiz Sandstone, Ivory cream marble, alhama travertine
The Ralli Museum is a museum in Casarea, Israel, built in 2007 and dedicated entirely to Sephardic Jewry, and especially during the Golden Age of Jews in Spain.
The building is built in the Spanish Mudejar architectural style with a large courtyard in the center, where there is a fountain with twelve lions called Columbus Fountain (named after the discoverer of America), being a replica of the lion fountain of the Alhambra Palace in Granada made of the same material ( White Macae l), whose origin is believed to date back to the palace of King David in Jerusalem. The fountain is surrounded by sculptures in white Macael marble of four of the great thinkers, scientists and Talmudists of the time – Maimonides , Ibn Gabirol , Yehuda Haleví and Spinoza .
The courtyard also features 66 columns in White Macael Marble , 16 columns in Alcañiz Sandstone , a Crema Marfil obelisk and a replica of the portico of the Christopher Columbus façade in Las Palmas. Finally, a large cloister of 1000 m2 covered in Alhama Travertine with 16 columns in White Macael and 9 sculptures in White Macael .
White Macael Marble, Alcañiz Sandstone, Ivory cream marble, alhama travertine
