WITHIN THE WALLED CITY: PART 2

Jerusalem, IsraelNovember 2008

Left, at the Ramparts Walk on top of the walls built by SuleimanIn the background is the Citadel or Tower of DavidIt is part of the 3 towers built by Herod in 24 BCE for the people closest to him: his brother Phasael (top), his wife Mariamne, & his friend HippicusThe minaret was built in the 17th century by the Ottoman Turks

From here, one can see a park where in ancient times children were sacrificed (2 Chron 28:3; Jer 7:31)—Ge-hinnom or “valley of the son of Hinnom”

The Church of the Dormition where the Virgin Mary is thought to fall into eternal sleepIt was built in the 19th century by the German Catholics of the Benedictine Order The area around it is where Mt Zion is located

Shops within the Armenian Quarter

In the compound of Christ Church, part of CMJ or the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People, a British Christian Zionist organisation of the Anglican Church founded in the 1840s

The Jewish Quarter gives you a different feel—it makes you feel like you are in an European city

Standing beside an unfinished replica of the candlestick that was in the Temple (Ex 25:31-40)Unlike the Temple candlestick, this is only gold-plated rather than made of pure gold

The Roman Ha-Kardo (Cardo), the north-south axis of the city, is found in the Jewish QuarterThis portion dates to the time of Emperor Justinian in the 6th century

The Crusaders used it as the main market street

This 6th-century mosaic map of the walled city was found on the floor of a church in Medeba, Jordan The Cardo is depicted with two rows of colonnades running the length of the city from north to south

At dusk in the Jewish shopping alley of the New Cardo

A delicately-embroidered prayer shawl

A dimly lighted corner

Here, excavations reveals the outer wall of the city of King Hezekiah

The walled city has so much beauty & interesting sights to behold besides the holy sites that Christian pilgrims visit