1402. THE JERUSALEM CITADEL, LOCATED NEAR THE ‘JAFFO GATE’, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IN ANTIQUITY IT WAS KING HEROD’S PALACE, A CRUSADER’S FORTRESS AND AN OTTOMAN STRONGHOLD. TODAY IT SERVS AS THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM

1402. THE JERUSALEM CITADEL, LOCATED NEAR THE ‘JAFFO GATE’, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IN ANTIQUITY IT WAS KING HEROD’S PALACE, A CRUSADER’S FORTRESS AND AN OTTOMAN STRONGHOLD. TODAY IT SERVS AS THE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM

1543. JERUSALEM, SUK EL-KUTANIN’, THE BAZAR OF THE COTTON MERCHANTS, BUILT IN THE MAMELUK PERIOD ‘

1593. JERUSALEM, VIEW FROM THE MT. OF OLIVES

1594. JERUSALEM, VIEW FROM THE MT. OF OLIVES WITH THE ANCIENT JEWISH GRAVEYARD IN THE FRONT

1604. RECONSTRUCTED ROOMS FROM 18-19TH. C. JEWISH OLD CITY HOUSES IN ‘THE JEWISH QUARTER MUSEUM’

1604. RECONSTRUCTED ROOMS FROM 18-19TH. C. JEWISH OLD CITY HOUSES IN ‘THE JEWISH QUARTER MUSEUM’

1623. THE JERUSALEM CITADEL, LOCATED NEAR THE ‘JAFFO GATE’, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IN ANTIQUITY IT WAS KING HEROD’S PALACE, A CRUSADER’S FORTRESS AND AN OTTOMAN STRONGHOLD. AERIAL VIEW

1918. JAFFO GATE – INSCRIPTION COMMEMORATING THE BUILDING OF THE GATE BY SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN YEAR 1538

1918. JAFFO GATE – INSCRIPTION COMMEMORATING THE BUILDING OF THE GATE BY SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN YEAR 1538

2088. JERUSALEM, THE JEWISH QUARTER IN THE OLD CITY, ANCIENT BUILDINGS

2190. ‘HEZEKIAH’S POOL’ IN THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM

2313. JERUSALEM, THE OLD CITY BUILDINGS IN FRONT, THE DOME OF THE ROCK IN THE CENTRE, MT. OF OLIVES IN THE BACKGROUND

2877. THE JERUSALEM CITADEL, GENERAL VIEW ON THE CRUSADER REMAINS (RIGHT), AND THE TURKISH MINARET (CENTER)

325. JERUSALEM, THE DAMASKUS GATE, BUILT BY THE OTTOMAN SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH C. ON THE PLACE WHERE AN IMPOSING ROMAN GATE STOOD, PARTS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE SEEN. THIS IS JERUSALEM’S LARGEST GATE INTO THE OLD CITY

325. JERUSALEM, THE DAMASKUS GATE, BUILT BY THE OTTOMAN SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH C. ON THE PLACE WHERE AN IMPOSING ROMAN GATE STOOD, PARTS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE SEEN. THIS IS JERUSALEM’S LARGEST GATE INTO THE OLD CITY

325. JERUSALEM, THE DAMASKUS GATE, BUILT BY THE OTTOMAN SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH C. ON THE PLACE WHERE AN IMPOSING ROMAN GATE STOOD, PARTS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE SEEN. THIS IS JERUSALEM’S LARGEST GATE INTO THE OLD CITY

326. JERUSALEM – THE JAFFO GATE, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY, BUILT BY SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH. C. WHEN THE WALLS OF THE CITY WERE BUILT. PIC: THE GATE IS ON THE LEFT, THE JERUSALEM CITADEL IS ON THE RIGHT

326. JERUSALEM – THE JAFFO GATE, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY, BUILT BY SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH. C. WHEN THE WALLS OF THE CITY WERE BUILT. PIC: THE GATE IS ON THE LEFT, THE JERUSALEM CITADEL IS ON THE RIGHT

326. JERUSALEM – THE JAFFO GATE, THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO THE OLD CITY, BUILT BY SULTAN SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT IN THE 16TH. C. WHEN THE WALLS OF THE CITY WERE BUILT. PIC: VIEW ON THE GATE FROM INSIDE THE OLD CITY

331. THE GOLDEN GATE – A CLOSED GATE BUILT IN THE BYZANTINE PERIOD LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE WALL THAT IS ENCIRCLING THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THROUGH THIS GATE THE MESSIAH WILL ENTER INTO JERUSALEM. PICTURE SHOWING THE INNER PART OF THE GATE

331. THE GOLDEN GATE – A CLOSED GATE BUILT IN THE BYZANTINE PERIOD LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE WALL THAT IS ENCIRCLING THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THROUGH THIS GATE THE MESSIAH WILL ENTER INTO JERUSALEM. PICTURE SHOWING THE INNER PART OF THE GATE

331. THE GOLDEN GATE – A CLOSED GATE BUILT IN THE BYZANTINE PERIOD LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE WALL THAT IS ENCIRCLING THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THROUGH THIS GATE THE MESSIAH WILL ENTER INTO JERUSALEM

331. THE GOLDEN GATE – A CLOSED GATE BUILT IN THE BYZANTINE PERIOD LOCATED IN THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE WALL THAT IS ENCIRCLING THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THROUGH THIS GATE THE MESSIAH WILL ENTER INTO JERUSALEM

3648. ARMENIAN CERAMIC WALL DECORATION IN THE ‘AMERICAN COLONY’ HOTEL IN JERUSALEM

4470. JERUSALEM- THE WESTERN CITY WALLS

4473. JERUSALEM- THE MUSLIM QUARTER, GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTH/EAST

4474. JERUSALEM, AERIAL VIEW OF THE OLD CITY FROM THE WEST. THE JAFO GATE AND THE JERUSALEM CITADEL IS IN THE FOREGROUND AND MT. OF OLIVES IN THE BACKGROUND

4483. JERUSALEM, OLD CITY STREET SCENE

4483. JERUSALEM, OLD CITY STREET SCENE

4486. JERUSALEM DIRECTIONS POINTING TO THE HOLYEST PLACES OF THE THREE GREAT RELIGIONS

4487. JERUSALEM BAZAR, SOUVENIRS FOR ALL TASTES AND RELIGIONS

4488. JERUSALEM, THE ARMENIAN QUARTER, IRONWORK AND ARCHITECTURE