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Bat Galim (lit: "Daughter of the Waves") is a neighborhood of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, located at the foot of Mt. Carmel on the Mediterranean coast. Bat Galim is known for its promenade and sandy beaches.

Galim was the first point of Jewish settlement in modern Haifa. The neighborhood was established in the 1920s as a garden suburb of private homes designed by the Bauhaus
Bauhaus

' is the common term for the ', a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught....
 architect Ricard Kaufmann.






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Bat Galim (lit: "Daughter of the Waves") is a neighborhood of Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, located at the foot of Mt. Carmel on the Mediterranean coast. Bat Galim is known for its promenade and sandy beaches.

History

Bat Galim was the first point of Jewish settlement in modern Haifa. The neighborhood was established in the 1920s as a garden suburb of private homes designed by the Bauhaus
Bauhaus

' is the common term for the ', a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught....
 architect Ricard Kaufmann. During the British Mandate
British Mandate

British Mandate may refer to:*British Mandate of Palestine*British Mandate of Mesopotamia...
, Bat Galim was Haifa's entertainment center. The "Casino," a landmark building on the Bat Galim promenade, housed a cafe patronized by British officers, although it was never used for gambling. A cable car runs between Bat Galim and Stella Maris on the Carmel.

Landmarks


In the south of Bat Galim is the Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station
Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station

Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Haifa. The station takes its name from the neighborhood of Bat Galim, where it is located....
. The Technion's Faculty of Medicine and the Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences are situated near Rambam Medical Center in Bat Galim.