Kiryat HaLeom 2.17

Kiryat HaLeom, also known as Kiryat HaUma and referred to in English as the National Quarter, is the official label of a complex in central Jerusalem that includes Kiryat HaMemshala, the Knesset, Sacher Park, the Menorah Garden, Wohl Rose Park and Binyanei HaUma convention center. It was traditionally considered to be the northern part of the Givat Ram neighborhood.Project overviewThe project was started in the 1990s and the compound is planned to include all government institutions of the State of Israel. It currently includes the Bank of Israel, the Bloomfield Museum of Science, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. Future buildings will house the National Archives, the National Gallery, and the National Library, plus new buildings for the National Headquarters of the Police and the State Comptroller offices. The official guesthouse for diplomats (like the Blair House in Washington, D.C.) will be built next to Binyenei HaUma convention center.