Jerusalem
This 1540 building has a facade featuring handsome ablaq (coloured stone) and shallow muqarna (stalactite-style carvings), typical of Mamluk architecture.
Compare this with the buildings on Tariq Bab An Nazir St, straight across Al Wad St, which are Jerusalem’s earliest Mamluk structures, built in the 1260s before the common use of ablaq. This street is named after the gate at the end, which leads through into Temple Mount/Al Haram Ash Sharif (entry for Muslims only).
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Four magnificent arches, their lintels richly decorated with Crusader crosses, herald the entrance to one of Christianity's most sacred sites. The church…
Temple Mount/Al Haram Ash Sharif
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There are few patches of ground as holy – or as disputed – as this one. Known to Muslims as Al Haram Ash Sharif (The Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Har…
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The air is electric at Judaism's holiest prayer site, where worshippers recite scriptures, lay their hands on 2000-year-old stone and utter impassioned…
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More than 5000 years of cultural treasures are assembled around the vast Israel Museum's indoor and outdoor galleries. Highlights are the titanic statues…
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This reserve consists of two roughly parallel canyons, Wadi David and Wadi Arugot, each of which has its own entrance complex and ticket office. It is…
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A must-see on any journey through the Holy Land is Mar Saba Monastery, a bleak and beautiful 20km drive east of Bethlehem (beyond Beit Sahour).
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As teeming with controversy as it is with ancient history, the City of David is one of Jerusalem's most active archaeological sites. The oldest part of…
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Israel's official memorial to the six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis is powerful, poignant and a masterpiece of design. The museum's name…
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At the corner of Al Wad St and the western stretch of the Via Dolorosa is the 5th Station, where it is said that the Romans ordered Simon the Cyrene (aka…
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Halfway down Aqabat Al Takiya is this noblewoman's palace built in 1388. Though the facade is badly eroded, the uppermost of the three large doorways…
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West of Al Wad St along the western stretch of Via Dolorosa is the 6th Station, marked by a brown wooden door on the left (south) and a carving on the…
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The 4th Station along the Via Dolorosa marks the spot where Jesus is said to have faced his mother in the crowd of onlookers. It is an area of paving…
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On Al Wad St, just a few steps south of the Via Dolorosa, is the 3rd Station, where it is believed Jesus fell for the first time. The station is in the…
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Little known and seldom visited by tourists, this small section of the Second Temple–period Temple Mount enclosure (the upper rows of stones are from…
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Built by order of long-reigning Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent, this door-shaped sabil (public fountain) was crafted from the repurposed ruins of…
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Near bustling Souq Khan Al Zeit St is the 7th Station, where it is believed Jesus fell for the second time. The station is a small chapel marked by signs…