Beit HaNassi

Before Beit HaNassi was built, President Chaim Weizmann lived in Rehovot in his own villa.

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi used a cabin in Rehavia for his presidential duties while living in a regular apartment.

During Shazar's presidency, he declined the offer to have the future residence built as part of existing political buildings.

[1] During the visit to Israel of Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, President Shimon Peres inaugurated a new custom that all visiting world leaders would plant an olive tree in the Beit HaNassi "peace garden".

[3] In October 2017, work was completed on a new, enlarged entrance to Beit Hanassi to enable faster processing of visitors to major events at the residence.