The building: Ammunition Hill - Memorial for the Six Day War
Location: Jerusalem
Building Year: 1968
Architecture: Binyamin Idelson, Gershon Zippor
Partner in charge: Gershon Zippor
Structural Engineers: S. Yaron, J. Shimoni
Interior Design: Gershon Zippor, Shmuel Grundman
Ammunition Hill was a Jordanian outpost conquered by Israel in 1967, during the Six
Day War.
The outpost became an official memorial site and museum, dedicated to the liberation of Jerusalem during the Six Day War
and to the commemoration of the soldiers who fell in battle in the city and its environs.
The trenches in which the battle took place have been preserved at the site.
A path leads from the garden into the central bunker, which has been transformed into
an entrance hall. From there, visitors can walk through the underground tunnels to
the Museum’s central exhibition spaces.
The visit concludes at a golden wall engraved with the names of all those who fell
in battle defending Jerusalem during the War. Visitors then walk out towards the light
and the Jerusalem landscape.
