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Ramat Hanadiv Memorial Gardens

The Ramat Hanadiv Memorial Gardens are nestled on a slope, on the road that leads from Zichron Ya’acov to Binyamina. The gardens and nature reserve are a real jewel sprawled over roughly 1,100 acres – 20 of which are the memorial gardens.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild specified in his will that he wished to be buried in Israel. He died on November 2, 1934.
The remains of the Baron and Baroness were removed from the French cemetery where they had been buried, twenty years earlier. Brought to Israel aboard a naval frigate, upon arrival in Haifa on April 6, 1954 the craft was greeted with sirens and a nineteen-gun salute. The government had decreed a State Funeral.
On the entrance gate to the gardens, there is the Rothschild coat of arms. The clenched fist with five arrows. These symbolize the five sons of Mayer Rothschild, patriarch of the Rothschild clan. The family motto appears below the shield, in Latin, Concordia, Integritas, Industria, (Unity, Integrity, Diligence).