Building: Masada                                                      

Sponsored by: Embassy of Israel to Australia

Constructed by: Cockington Green Gardens

Recognised by: UNESCO inscribed Masada on the World Heritage list in 2001

Scale: 1/35

About the Buildings: The fortress-palace complex of Masada is located on an isolated plateau near the western coast of the Dead Sea. Masada was founded by one of the Hasmonean kings of Judea in the late second century B.C., lavishly embellished by King Herod a century later, and defended to the death by Jewish inhabitants that chose to commit mass-suicide rather than surrender and be enslaved to the Romans during the war of A.D. 66 to 74.

Inaugurated by Mr Yuval Rotem, Ambassador of Israel to Australia - 18th May 2011.