Gan Avraham, Public garden in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Gan Avraham is a public garden in Ramat Gan featuring natural limestone hills and an open amphitheater carved into the landscape. The amphitheater's design takes advantage of the terrain, with the surrounding slopes forming natural seating areas.
Gan Avraham was established in 1936 on a kurkar hill about 60 metres above sea level, one of Ramat Gan's four historic hills, after a grove was first planted there. The municipal gardener Moshe Kavshani laid out the roughly 30-dunam garden. In 1946 it was renamed after mayor Abraham Krinitzi on his 60th birthday; it had been called Gan HaNitzachon during World War II.
The garden's name honours Abraham Krinitzi, Ramat Gan's mayor, who pushed for a garden city; it was renamed Gan Avraham in 1946 on his 60th birthday, after being called Gan HaNitzachon during World War II. A bench placed in 1939 marks where the poet Chaim Nachman Bialik, a Ramat Gan resident from 1933, used to walk before the garden was planted.
The garden straddles both sides of Sderot Sharet, which crosses the hilltop from north to south; the western part slopes down toward Elimelech Street and the eastern part toward Yosef HaGalili Street. The tunnel under the road that once linked the two halves is closed. The western section was renewed from 2011 and reopened on 12 August 2012; work on the eastern side, including the water pool, bridge, benches and lighting, continued afterward. The amphitheater remains locked and out of use.
The garden's tennis court with concrete stands hosted matches during the first Maccabiah, the 1932 Jewish Olympic Games held in Mandatory Palestine. A bench placed in 1939 honours poet Chaim Nachman Bialik, who lived in Ramat Gan from 1933 and walked this hill before the garden was planted.
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