This Byzantine-period dwelling stood along the broad road that ascended to the Hulda Gates. It was built atop the remains of a structure from the Second Temple period, which included ritual purification baths and cisterns. In one of the rooms of the . . . — — Map (db m219888) HM
The ancient sages gleaned from this verse that four conditions were required for a mikveh to be ritually valid. The first two involve the structure itself, rendering that the mikveh must be rock-hewn or connected to the ground. The other two are . . . — — Map (db m219884) HM
Preserving physical purity has been a hallmark of Jewish religion since ancient times. The Bible mentions various states of ritual impurity and commands a life of purity. Beginning in Second Temple times, bathing for purposes of ritual purification . . . — — Map (db m219890) HM
This tower, which was destroyed and rebuilt several times in the Middle Ages, reflects the changes in government Jerusalem underwent at this time. In 1099 CE the Crusaders conquered the city from the Muslim rulers and renovated the city wall and its . . . — — Map (db m219054) HM
A large cistern, with a rock hewn column in its center, dates to the Second Temple period (first century CE). The cistern was probably originally used in the First Temple period.
(Hebrew and Arabic text not transcribed) — — Map (db m219645) HM
A medieval structure, approached from the Temple Mount, incorporating segments of masonry from different periods. The roof offers a panoramic view of the excavated area, as well as of the Jewish Quarter, Mount Zion, and the Mount of Olives. . . . — — Map (db m219244) HM
A rock-cut Jewish ritual bath (miqveh) from the Second Temple period (1st Century BCE-1st Century CE). The parapet down the middle of the steps separated bathers on their way down to be cleansed, from those ascending who had already been purified. . . . — — Map (db m219893) HM
A stepped ritual bath (miqveh), located in the ground floor of a build, dates to the late Second Temple period (first century CE). Numerous ritual baths and water reservoirs were found in the region. They were either built or hewn inside the remains . . . — — Map (db m219809) HM
A stepped ritual bath (miqveh), located in the ground floor of a building, dates to the late Second Temple period (first century CE). Numerous ritual baths and water reservoirs were found in the region. They were either built or hewn inside the . . . — — Map (db m219648) HM
An open public space was created on the Ophel ascent for the throngs of pilgrims before they entered the Temple Mount, featuring, among other things, many ritual purification baths. Because this area was on a slope, monumental staircases were built . . . — — Map (db m219313) HM
Buildings along the fortification line from the First Temple period (tenth-sixth centuries BCE): gate house (1), royal structure (2), section of the Small Tower (3), straight wall (4), below the road: the Large Tower (5).
Right Two vaulted rooms . . . — — Map (db m219819) HM
The gate was originally a small wicket gate built by Suleiman the Magnificent. It is named after the gate mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah. Arabic: Bab al-Maghariba.
(Hebrew and Arabic text not transcribed) — — Map (db m219898) HM
Rising above us, Jerusalem's impressive city wall was built by the Ottomans in the 16th century CE. In many places t was built above the remains of earlier city walls. Evidence of the wall's construction and destruction is visible in this section, . . . — — Map (db m219048) HM
In addition to laws governing bodily purity, Jewish law also mandates how to purify food utensils that were purchased from a gentile or had been rendered impure.
Many vessels from the Second Temple period were uncovered in excavations in the . . . — — Map (db m219887) HM
Jerusalem Walls National Park was officially declared in 1974 with the goal of protecting the landscape of open spaces and the heritage values surrounding the Old City. Most of the current line of the wall and its gates were built during the Ottoman . . . — — Map (db m219057) HM
The archaeological remains discovered in 1909 on this site have been transferred to the Notre-Dame de France guest house where father Germer-Durand created a museum. During the 1948 war, bombs hurt the southern wing of the building and destroyed . . . — — Map (db m222071) HM
The massive piers are the remains of one of the imposing public buildings erected around the Temple Mount area by the Umayyad rulers (7th-8th centuries CE).
(Hebrew and Arabic text not transcribed) — — Map (db m219818) HM
Ottoman Period - White
Ayyubid Period - Green
Early Islamic Period - Fatimid Wall - Yellow
Byzantine Period - Dark Blue
Roman Period - Herodian Wall - Gray
Hellenistic Period - Hasmonean Wall - Light Blue
Israelite Period - First . . . — — Map (db m219049) HM
Buildings, preserved to a considerable height along the fortification line of the First Temple period (tenth-sixth centuries BCE): a straight wall, a royal structure, destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, on the floors of which large store jars . . . — — Map (db m219340) HM
An entire tractate of the Mishnah is named "Miqva'ot" (ritual purification baths), and is devoted to laws related to these installations, such as the conditions needed to render them ritually valid and technical details concerning their . . . — — Map (db m219886) HM
Rock-cut channels covered in stone slabs served for drainage in the Second Temple period (1st century BCE - 1st century CE). One of the channels reaches nears the eastern Huldah gate.
(Hebrew and Arabic not transcribed) — — Map (db m219894) HM
The presence of tens of thousands of pilgrims in Jerusalem required suitable infrastructure, the most basic of which was the water supply. The water was used, among other purposes, for religious rituals and purification rites.
The water supply . . . — — Map (db m219876) HM
A hall built in the Middle Ages at the place where, according to tradition, Jesus partook of the Passover meal with his disciples, just before the crucifixion. — — Map (db m220113) HM
Miqva'ot are installations unique to the Jewish people. Their religious purpose is to cleanse the individual from ritual impurity, and they were built in keeping with the principles of Jewish religious regulations (Halakha). This rock-cut . . . — — Map (db m219824) HM
Gate house (1) and royal structure (2) from the First Temple period. The excavator, Eilat Mazar, suggests the buildings are part of the city wall that King Solomon constructed in Jerusalem: "...until he had made an end of building his own house, and . . . — — Map (db m219816) HM
The wall we see today was built at the initiative of the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1535-1538 CE to enhance Jerusalem's importance as a holy city and to protect it from Christianity's patron, the king of Spain.
The Ottoman wall . . . — — Map (db m219046) HM
The Ottoman city wall is sealed, but the steps adjacent to it reveal a secret: they allude to the existence of a gate or postern in the city wall from the time of the Second Temple. Presumably this gate led to Herod's palace, which was located . . . — — Map (db m219053) HM
In the Second Temple Period, [illegible] the eastern ridge, which included the Temple Mount and the City of David, and the western ridge where the Upper City was built. The segment of wall in front of us encloses the northwestern part of the Upper . . . — — Map (db m219050) HM
The eastern Huldah Gate, built in the Second Temple period, was a triple gate. Of the original masonry, only the threshold and the lowest stone of the left doorpost have survived. A person cured of an illness carved a Hebrew inscription of . . . — — Map (db m219321) HM
The gate house comprises four rooms of identical size, flanking a central passage paved with tamped chalk. Its plan is characteristic of the First Temple period (tenth-sixth centuries BCE) and is similar to that of the gate houses exposed at . . . — — Map (db m219806) HM
"The two Hulda Gates on the south (of the Temple Mount), that served for coming in and going out" - (Mishnah, Middoth 1, 3)
The Hulda Gates, the eastern double gate and the western triple gate, in the southern wall of the Temple Mount . . . — — Map (db m219311) HM
"Nevertheless a fountain of a cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean" - Leviticus 11:36
The Mikveh Trail passes through excavated remnants of various structures. Signs along the trail explain archaeological features, . . . — — Map (db m219829) HM
"Neverless a fountain or a cistern wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean" - Leviticus 11:36
The Mikveh Trail passes through excavated remnants of various structures. Signs along the trail explain archaeological features, . . . — — Map (db m219248) HM
The Mishnaic Tractate Mikva'ot details all the rules, formulated in Second Temple times, regarding ritual purification baths. These rules are based on the following conditions that made the mikveh ritually valid: It had to be connected to the . . . — — Map (db m219312) HM
The western Huldah Gate was built in the Second Temple period as a double gate. Most of the gate is blocked today with only part of one of the arches still visible. The façade of the gate was decorated with floral and geometric motifs when it was . . . — — Map (db m219896) HM
The two burial caves in front of us date to the latter part of the First Temple period. These caves were found devoid of remains and were part of Jerusalem's western cemetery which was hewn outside the city walls.
It was customary at the time . . . — — Map (db m219040) HM
In tribute to Poles buried in this cemetery, civilians and soldiers of General Vladyslaw Anders Polish II Corps
Former Prisoners of War and Inmates of Soviet Lagers who died on their way to homeland in the years World War II and after
Poland . . . — — Map (db m219058) WM
The ground floor of a royal structure, destroyed in a fierce conflagration during the Babylonian conquest of the city in 586 BCE. Twelve large, clay store jars (pithoi), which probably contained wine or oil, were discovered on the floor of the . . . — — Map (db m219650) HM
Two superposed, vaulted rooms, dating to the Second Temple period (first century CE), were preserved to a height of two stories. The rooms are part of a public building, whose continuation lies beneath the street. An opening in the western wall of . . . — — Map (db m219811) HM
On this site was a temporary prison in which members of the Jewish underground forces were detained for questioning. Amongst those detained were Betar and I.Z.L members who blew the shofar at the Western Wall at the close of Yom Kippur. — — Map (db m220144) HM
An Ottoman military camp, presently used by the Israel Police. Site of Herod's luxurious palace at the end of the Second Temple period. — — Map (db m220145) HM
The remains of the east wall of the Umayyad Palace, as well as its wide gate which has been filled with stones, served as foundations for the medieval and Ottoman city walls. During the archaeological excavations the blocking of the gate was . . . — — Map (db m219246) HM
A residential building from the Byzantine period (6th - 7th centuries CE), preserved beneath the Umayyad Palace. Surviving parts are courtyards, rock-cut cavities and (partly reconstructed) residential rooms with plastered walls and mosaic floors.
. . . — — Map (db m219245) HM
This site owes its fame to Jesus' healing of the paralytic, a story told in John's Gospel:
"One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there... he said to him: 'Do you want to be made well?' The sick man . . . — — Map (db m222074) HM
Sont au service de l’Eglise dans 21 pays d’Afrique. Ici depuis 1878, ils se veulent au service de l’unite.
Serve the church in 21 African countries.
In 1878, they came to Jerusalem, where their aim is to work for . . . — — Map (db m220239) HM
One of the stones in the wall, bears a Hebrew inscription "and you shall see and your heart shall rejoice and their bones like grass shall..." - a biblical verse somewhat altered.. The circumstances of the inscription are unknown.
(Hebrew . . . — — Map (db m219240) HM
In the course of the reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter the 1970s, archaeological finds dated to different periods include numerous architectural elements. These were found throughout the Jewish Quarter in secondary use in later structures, and . . . — — Map (db m220137) HM
From the 7th century CE, Jerusalem's architectural tradition continued to develop, while utilizing earlier traditions and reusing architectural elements. Over the years new architectural and artistic styles appeared. one of the innovations was the . . . — — Map (db m220135) HM
During 1930-1948 the grocery store of brothers Avraham and Ben-Zion Maimaran operated in this building. Both were born in the Jewish Quarter to one of its oldest families.
The store served as a social and commercial center. In 1948 it became a . . . — — Map (db m219070) HM
Commander of the Jewish Quarter in Israel's War of Independence in 1948 and named "Worthy of Jerusalem." The City of Jerusalem and his comrades in arms have chosen this site to commemorate their commander Moshe Rusnak.
Who with wisdom and faith, . . . — — Map (db m220138) WM
Collapsed on the paved street are stones of the western wall of the Temple Mount enclosure. They were hurled down by the soldiers of the Roman Legion after the destruction of the Temple on the ninth day of the month of Av, 70 CE.
(Hebrew and . . . — — Map (db m219242) HM
This is a Second Temple period home that was situated in the opulent Herodian Quarter. Excavations revealed burnt wooden beams and soot. Apparently it burned down in the great fire the Romans started in Jerusalem after the Temple's destruction (70 . . . — — Map (db m219153) HM
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has been conducting archaeological excavations at this location for more than a decade, with the discovery of the remains of a major multi-roomed structure from the Second Temple period (late 1st century . . . — — Map (db m220181) HM
The Foundation Stone sits at the peak of Mount Moriah above the Western Wall. According to tradition, the world was created from this stone, the Binding of Isaac took place on it, and King Solomon built the First Temple around it as "a house for the . . . — — Map (db m221891) HM
A pier of large stones which originally supported the western springer of Robinson's Arch. The pier enclosed four cubicles that served as shops, opening onto the paved street.
(Hebrew and Arabic not transcribed) — — Map (db m219239) HM
Set up by a pharmacist called Rubovitch and acquired in 1938 by pharmacist Willy Rosenberg. Operated during the War of Independence and all of Israel's wars. Owned by the family since 1956. — — Map (db m220093) HM
In the diary of excavations, given by Father Germer-Durand, we can read in 1890:
-September 22: taken in double the stamping of the letters' traces on the lintel.
-September 26: taken a photograph of the inscription.
Emile . . . — — Map (db m220201) HM
This splendid Neo-Classic building was erected in 1885 by the German banker, Johannes (Jacob) Frutiger as his private residence and named by him "Mahanayim" (Genesis 32:2). From 1896 it was the Evelina De Rothschild School. Among the buildings . . . — — Map (db m219963) HM
The Assumptionists came to the Holy Land for the first time in 1882, bringing here 1013 pilgrims in two ships.
In order to accommodate the pilgrims, they built Notre Dame de France guesthouse and obtained the opening of New Gate . . . — — Map (db m220197) HM
This splendid burial monument dates to the end of the Second temple period. The lower part of the monument is hewn and the upper part is constructed. The name derives from the biblical verse that tells of Absalom's construction of a monument for . . . — — Map (db m63866) HM
English Translation of Text on Marker:
The temple which he built, Achish (Ikausu) son of Padi, son of YSD, son Ada, son of Ya'ir, ruler of Ekron, for PTGYH his lady. May she bless him, and protect him, and prolong his days, and bless his . . . — — Map (db m142015) HM
Built in 1900 by Sa'eed and Omran Dakkak, it was one of the first houses to be built in the area. The house was designed by a Turkish architect infusing Turkish and Islamic building styles. The family lived in the house until 1930; It was then . . . — — Map (db m220180) HM
"Jerusalem, hills enfold it, and the Lord enfolds his people now and forever" (Psalms 125:2)
Jerusalem was first established on the hill on which you are now standing almost 4,000 years ago, during the Canaanite . . . — — Map (db m63924) HM
English Text:
This is the most remarkable cave at this site, as it contains some of the most important archaeological finds in Jerusalem.
The plan of room on the right is rectangular, measuring 2.0 x 3.7 meters. Three raised burial . . . — — Map (db m141531) HM
The Empress Eudocia built the original church in the middle of the fifth century to house the Relics of St. Stephen, the first Christian Martyr and the adjoining Monastery complex served as a meeting place for 10,000 monks in 516. After a Persian . . . — — Map (db m220373) HM
He decided to dedicate his life and his fortune to the works of the Holy Land. He built and subsidized the French hospital of Saint Louis, opened in 1881.
During the Pilgrimage of Penance, organized by the Assumptionists, he was . . . — — Map (db m220191) HM
Etz Haim Yeshiva founded this neighborhood in 1932 according to architect Dov Sonnenfeld design with dozens of flats and a magnificent synagogue. Distant from other neighborhood at the time, only three building were constructed with a terrace along . . . — — Map (db m220105) HM
Born in Bethune, Pas-de-Calais, France.
He was ordained a priest in 1889 and sent to Jerusalem. He was the architect of the Hotellerie Notre-Dame de France from 19890.
He also made plans for Our Lady of the Spasm in 1891 . . . — — Map (db m220185) HM
He was born in 1918 in Munich, Germany, from an Alsatian father, protestant and a German mother, Jewish. He was baptized at 16, and joined the Congregation of the Assumptionists at age 23.
He was ordained a priest in 1948 and sent . . . — — Map (db m220187) HM
Garden of Olives
Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. (Gospel of John 18:1)
“Gethsemane, a place where the Savior prayed before . . . — — Map (db m44596) HM
The complex was built in the 1920's-1930's for residence and commerce as part of the Jaffa Road and Romema neighborhood commercial development. It comprises buildings with commercial spaces on the ground and residence on the upper-floors, where . . . — — Map (db m220104) HM
House of the Emress Taitu
Built in 1903 in the Neo-Classic style by Empress Taitu, wife of King Menelek II of Ethopia. Atop the building is the Empress' symbol, a sun and crown. Served as the residence of the Turkish Governor and since 1930s, has . . . — — Map (db m219972) HM
Born into a family of Chabad Hassidim, Frumkin made aliya from Vilma at the age of 9. He lived in the "Havatselet Court" in Jerusalem's Old City. In 1863 he founded the "Havatselet" newspaper, remaining the editor until 1911. he fought the fanatics . . . — — Map (db m220092) HM
High quality two buildings for rent built in 1932 by Issa Musa, with well-designed details, including stone supported balconies and stylish iron bars. Arabs and Jews used to live her together. — — Map (db m220103) HM
[Text in Hebrew …]
[Text in English:] Jaffa Gate is the westernmost of the gates in the walls of Jerusalem. It is so named as the starting point of the road to Jaffa port. Its Arabic name, Bab al-Khalil, meaning “Hebron Gate,” . . . — — Map (db m44853) HM
This is a burial complex from the Second Temple period. The facade of the cave features the relief of a gable resembling the roof facade of a sacred building. The decorative style is drawn from Hellenistic art, which influenced Jewish burial . . . — — Map (db m63932) HM
We are a small family run heritage hotel offering a unique Palestinian cultural ambience and service. Our hotel started in 1950 as a small guesthouse. Formerly, the location was once an Ottoman police station, a family house and a school . . . — — Map (db m219011) HM
The model before you recreates Jerusalem in 66 CE. In that year, the Great Revolt against the Romans erupted, resulting in the destruction of the city and the Temple. The ancient city was then at its largest, covering an area of ca. 445 acres (more . . . — — Map (db m199101) HM
The Burial Caves date from the First Temple Period. Throughout many generations, they served affluent Jerusalem families as a location to bury their dead. The deceased was placed on a stone slab with a special indentation for the head. At the end of . . . — — Map (db m63881) HM
Latin Text that appears on Stone:
... )s Tiberivm
... Pon)tivs Pilatvs
... Praef)ectvsivda(ea)
English Translation of Text, provided, but not seen on Stone:
... building in . . . — — Map (db m88742) HM
Gate of the Tribes: The Gate was built with the wall by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent during 1538-1539. The stone reliefs on its facade gave the Gate its name.
(Hebrew and Arabic text not transcribed) — — Map (db m220243) HM
During Israel’s War of Independence, 1948-49, more than
4,800 volunteers, including 168 Christians, came from 59
countries to Israel’s aid. Some had served as crew on the 10
American-purchased Aliyah Bet ships that brought so many
Holocaust . . . — — Map (db m134663) HM
The meeting place of three fortification elements from the First Temple period (tenth-sixth centuries BCE): a wall of large stones that is part of the Small Tower - most of it is hidden beneath the street - and above it, the Byzantine tower (1), a . . . — — Map (db m219345) HM
English Text:
This was the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem (1860). It was successfully defended by the Haganah during the disturbances of 1929, 1936-1939 and during the War of Independence. . . . — — Map (db m141985) HM
The Restoration Project of the Second Temple period
Ritual Baths and Water Conduits
in the area south of the Temple Mount Enclosure — — Map (db m63951) HM
A modern office building erected by the Sansour brothers from Bethlehem in 1929. It is a triangle structure built around a courtyard and its elegant design interweaves modern lines with Neo-clasic ornamentation. On its ground floor was the . . . — — Map (db m220096) HM
"You will be amazed at Jewish youth in Palestine...they have the look of freedom." Stephen Theodore Norman, 1918-1946. Last descendent of Theodor Herzl. Stephen Norman was the grandson of Theodor Herzl and his last descendent. Born in Vienna, . . . — — Map (db m134639) HM
A two-story eclectic style residence house designed by architects Patsis and Spiro Khouri and built in 1927-1928 for the brothers Ezra and Pinchas Kukia. Shortly after its completion it was converted into Tel Aviv Hotel, which became Ron hotel, . . . — — Map (db m220095) HM
On the 12 of Adar 1 5708, February 22nd 1948 there was an explosive attack on Ben Yehuda Street. The attack was planned by Abed Al-Kader El Husseini and was carried out by six soldiers that defected from the British army using British army vehicles . . . — — Map (db m220097) HM
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