Jerusalem City Walls

The current walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were built 1537-1542 by the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificient	Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	Damascus Gate in the center of the northern wall of the Old City, Jerusalem	The Damascus Gate was built by the Ottomans on the site of an earlier 1st C. BC Roman gate
Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	Damascus Gate, Jerusalem
Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	The Damascus Gate leads to the crowded bazaars of the Muslim and Christian Quarters of the Old City	Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem	Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
The inside of Jaffa Gate, the western Ottoman gate of the old city, Jerusalem	Jaffa Gate, the main gate leading to West Jerusalem	The Ottoman City Walls along the western side of the Old City running north from Jaffa Gate	Looking south at the Citadel from the bridge leading from Jaffa Gate to the Mamilla Mall and West Jerusalem
Tower of David Museum, part of Jerusalem's Citadel	The Tower of David is now a museum of the history of the city of Jerusalem	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel
Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel
Hebrew memorial to the battle for the Old City during the 1948 War of Independence	Zion Gate at the western end of the southern wall to the Old City scarred by hundreds of bullets from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War	Zion Gate in the Ottoman city walls, Jerusalem	The Ottoman City Wall at Zion Gate (Bab An-nabi Daoud), Jerusalem
The IDF used Zion Gate during the 1967 War to capture the Old City	Bullet-ridden Zion Gate in the Ottoman city walls, Jerusalem	Inscription over the entrance to the Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem Citadel	Tower of David, Jerusalem Citadel, illuminated at night
The Citadel of Jerusalem at night	Minaret of the Citadel Mosque, Jerusalem	Jaffa Gate at night	Jaffa Gate at night
Jaffa Gate at night	Jaffa Gate seen from West Jerusalem (Mamilla Mall bridge) at night	Ottoman walls north of Jaffa Gate illuminated at night	Jerusalem City Wall near Jaffa Gate
Lions Gate road sign	Lion Gate, in the eastern gate to the Old City leading to the Mount of Olives	Lion Gate, Jerusalem, also called St. Stephen's Gate after the a Christian martyr who was stoned nearby	Lion Gate, Jerusalem
Lion Gate, Jerusalem	Lion Gate, Jerusalem	Arabic inscription just inside the Lion Gate with the date 1985	Arabic inscription just inside the Lion Gate, Jerusalem
Herod's Gate in the northeast of the Old City	Herod's Gate - Bab al Zahra, Sha'ar HaPerahim	Ottoman city walls between Herod's Gate and Damascus Gate	Ottoman city walls between Herod's Gate and Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate	Entrance to the archaological site of the ancient Roman Plaza beneath Damascus Gate	The Roman Plaza beneath Damascus Gates	Original Roman paving stones beneath Damascus Gate
Artists impression of the Damascus Gate during the Roman period (2nd C. AD)	Roman Road, Jerusalem	Mosaic, Roman Plaza, Damascus Gate	Damascus Gate, Jerusalem
On top of Damascus Gate, Jerusalem	View of the bridge leading to Damascus Gate	Temple Mount and the Austrian Hospice from Damascus Gate	East Jerusalem from Damascus Gate
New Gate in the NW corner of the city wall	The northwest corner of the Ottoman city wall, Jerusalem	The Citadel and the western wall of the Old City	Southwest corner of the Old City wall, Jerusalem
Jaffa Gate and the Tower of David, Jerusalem	The Citadel of Jerusalem, former site of Herod's Palace, was rebuilt by Mamluk Sultan Malid al-Nasir in 1310	The Citadel of Jerusalem was modified by Süleyman the Magnificient 1531-1538	The Citadel of Jerusalem where the Turks surrendered to the British in 1917 ending 400 years of Ottoman rule
The minaret of the Citadel of Jerusalem was dedicated by the Turks in 1655 adjacent to the 14th C. mosque	The Citadel and city walls were dismantled by Sultan Malik al-Muattam in 1219 to keep them out of the Crusaders' hands	The Citadel of Jerusalem was rebuilt by the Mamluks in 1310	In 1291, the Mamluks recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders who held the city 1099-1187 and 1229-1244
Ottoman walls by Jaffa Gate	Citadel of Jerusalem, parts of which date to Herod the Great	Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem from Jaffa Gate
David Street passing the Citadel of Jerusalem	Statue placed in an out-of-the-way spot along the city walls near the Citadel	Jerusalem Citadel	Jerusalem Citadel
Round Ottoman minaret, Citadel of Jerusalem	Western wall of the Old City	Western Wall of the the Old City of Jerusalem looking south	Citadel of Jerusalem
Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem
Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem	Citadel of Jerusalem with the cylindrical Ottoman Minaret	Citadel of Jerusalem
Citadel of Jerusalem	View of the Western Wall of the Old City from the southwest corner, Jerusalem	Western wall of the Old City, Jerusalem	Southwest corner of the Old City
Southwest corner of the Old City, Jerusalem	View north along the western wall of the Old City	Southwest corner of the Old City wall, Jerusalem	Section of the southern wall of the Old City looking east towards the Mount of Olives, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem
Al Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount rising above the southern Ottoman Wall to the Old City	Part of the southern Ottoman Wall from Batei Mahseh St in the Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem