Alhambra Cinema (Israel)
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The Alhambra Cinema is a 1937 Art Deco style building on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, designed by Lebanese architect Elias Al-Mor, and original built as a cinema. It was named after the Alhambra palace in Spain.
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Alhambra Cinema | |
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Former names | Yafor |
General information | |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
Location | Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa |
Town or city | Tel Aviv |
Country | Israel |
Named for | Alhambra in Spain |
Opened | 1937 |
Owner | Scientology International Reserves Trust[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Elias Al-Mor |
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Throughout its history it has been active as an Arab cultural institution (in Mandatory Palestine), again as a cinema after the establishment of Israel, and as a theatre after 1963. In 2010 it was purchased and renovated by the Church of Scientology, and in 2012 was opened as the Ideal Center of Scientology for the Middle East.[2]