Founders' main street
The pedestrian heart of the old colony runs in a straight line along the ridge, a strong, simple axis at the centre of the map.
Minimalist map poster · Israel
32.5688° N / 34.9543° E
A hilltop town on the southern Carmel ridge, looking over the coastal plain toward the Mediterranean.





One city, five moods
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The map
Zikhron Ya‘aqov was founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from Romania. It soon came under the patronage of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who named it in memory of his father, James (Ya‘aqov) Mayer de Rothschild. The town sits at the southern end of the Carmel range, and its plan follows the ridge: the old colony at the top, newer neighbourhoods spreading down the slopes.
The historic core is organised around a long main street lined with stone houses from the founding era. Today it is a pedestrian street of cafés and small shops. From above it reads as a clear spine crossed by short lanes. A Zikhron Ya‘aqov map poster shows how this straight axis contrasts with the curving roads that follow the contours of the surrounding hills.
Wine is central to the town's identity. The Carmel winery, which Rothschild founded here in the 1890s, is one of the oldest in the country. Just to the south, the Ramat HaNadiv memorial gardens hold the tomb of the Baron and his wife. On wider maps, vineyards, woodland and the drop toward the coastal plain and the sea complete the picture.
The pedestrian heart of the old colony runs in a straight line along the ridge, a strong, simple axis at the centre of the map.
Newer neighbourhoods curl down the Carmel slopes in curving streets and cul-de-sacs, drawing layered patterns around the historic core.
South of town, the memorial gardens and nature park form a green, lightly built area, with paths winding through landscaped grounds and open hillside.
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Why Zikhron Ya‘aqov
Zikhron Ya‘aqov holds meaning for descendants of its founding families, couples married among its vineyards and anyone who has walked its old main street at dusk. The map combines a clear historic core with the elegant curves of a hillside town.
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Order the Zikhron Ya‘aqov poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
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| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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