Mount Herzl, National cemetery and memorial complex in Jerusalem, Israel.

Mount Herzl is a national cemetery and memorial site on a hill west of Jerusalem, bringing together graves of heads of state, prime ministers, and fallen soldiers. The grounds unfold across several levels with paved paths, monuments, and a central memorial hall for the fallen.

The site was established from 1949 onward after Theodor Herzl's remains were brought here from Vienna. It developed over the following decades into the official burial place for state leaders and a central memory site for military conflicts.

The hill's Arabic name was al-Sharafa, "the overlook," before it was renamed for Theodor Herzl. Each year on Memorial Day, state ceremonies honor fallen soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, the police and victims of terror; on the eve of Independence Day the main torch-lighting ceremony opens the national celebrations on the plaza beside Herzl's grave.

The main entrance is at the southern end of Herzl Boulevard, where a new visitor centre with a conference hall was planned after a 2013 architectural competition. The site lies beside the Jerusalem Forest, between the Ein Kerem, Kiryat HaYovel, Beit HaKerem, Beit VeGan, Yefeh Nof and Har Nof neighbourhoods. A synagogue was built next to the military cemetery after 1973 so bereaved families could pray near the graves.

A large hall displays more than twenty-four thousand memorial bricks for fallen soldiers, arranged in a torch shape. The installation shifts with daylight through natural lighting from above.