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of a ship. The first story is faced with roughly-dressed stone and has arched windows and doorways. The upper stories, in contrast, are faced with finely-dressed stone and have windows and balconies opening at right angles, along with horizontal stone protrusions demarcating each story. Due to the
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topography of the site, the building has five stories at its western end and a wing of six stories at its eastern end.
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nationalized the building and enclosed it and several other structures at the eastern end of Jaffa Road in a
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in Italy. Piacentini's plan was accepted and the De Farro firm was hired to begin construction in 1934.
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security zone. With the end of the Mandatory government in 1948, the building was taken by the
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survivors entry to Palestine, and the Russian city of
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575:[Jerusalem: Buildings in the New City].
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111:31.780528°N 35.221750°E
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234:Italian Fascist regime
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691:"Return to Bevingrad"
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1238:Triangular buildings
1088:Mahane Yehuda Market
510:Union Bank of Israel
506:Ministry of Interior
471:Battle of Stalingrad
411:Fascist architecture
242:Mandatory government
141:Construction started
116:31.780528; 35.221750
1076:Central Bus Station
926:"From Our Archives"
651:"Generali Building"
579:(in Hebrew): 20–23.
395:Marcello Piacentini
391:International Style
360:Central Post Office
262:modern architecture
230:Marcello Piacentini
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