The Eternal Jerusalem Photo Gallery by Shmuel Halevi at pbase.com

The Eternal Jerusalem

Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, is one of the most ancient cities in the world.
It is sacred equally to Jews, Christians and Moslims and has therefore been a target
for pilgrimage as much as wars for many centuries.
Jerusalem is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, especially for those who
have a predilection for acute contrasts, garishness, holiness, bizar and divinity.
This gallery is only a small collection of photographs taken recently during my very
short and scarce visits in this city.

Al Aqsa mosque	Al Aqsa mosque	Al Aqsa mosque	jerusalem roofs
jerusalem roofs	jerusalem roofs	jerusalem roofs	jerusalem roofs
jerusalem roofs	walls 996.jpg	Tower of King David museum	jerusalem roofs
Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum	The entrance to the old city	The entrance to the old city
The entrance to the old city	Lineup	Tower of King David	Tower of King David museum
Tower of King David	Tower of King David	Old city's walls	jerusalem nights
jerusalem nights	jerusalem nights	The ancient walls	The ancient walls
Tower of King David	Tower of King David	Tower of King David	Tower of King David
Tower of King David	Tower of King David	Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum
Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum
Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum	Tower of King David museum
Descending	The ancient walls	A house in Jerusalem	Sentries
jerusalem nights	Observing Jerusalem from the tower	jerusalem nights	jerusalem nights
YMCA jerusalem	A house in the German colony	Soldiers in Nachlaot	Sweeping the floor
A slanted tree	Y.M.C.A. building Jerusalem, at night (detail).	Israel museum	Detail
			Detail
	The Romanian church		Ministry of education
			Y.M.C.A.
Y.M.C.A.		Meah Shearim	Meah Shearim
Detail
		Yad Vashem	Yad Vashem
			Detail

			Praying...
The Wailing Wall in the morning	The Wailing Wall in the morning	On his way to the Wailing Wall	At the Wailing Wall
At the Wailing Wall	Archeological excavations	Guardians on the ancient wall	The ancient wall
A view from the wall	Pilgrims	A view from the wall	The Armenian church
Jerusalem - Valley of Deers	The guard		The bells of salvation
Just a street corner

comment

Light_Works	PM reply	17-Oct-2011 11:39
Interesting gallery! Nice work! V.

Dan Chusid	PM reply	01-Aug-2006 06:14
Certainly has changed since I visited it years ago. Of course, some things never change. Nice gallery of views.

sami birnbaum		03-Jun-2006 14:54
very nice gallery. but a great mistake. this is not al aqsa mosquee but the dome of the rock. it is not a mosquee at all but a magnificient monument built in 7 th c.

Anand Muralidharan	PM reply	18-May-2006 09:58
The set of images looks to me like a tour of this historic city. Very nicely done!

Oleg Chermoshniuk	PM reply	22-Nov-2005 09:14
Excellent gallery of a beautiful city, great work !

Utsav	PM reply	21-Oct-2005 07:21
superb gallery with an educative touch... thanx for the tour.... keep it up cheers

markwp	PM reply	21-Jun-2005 03:48
terrific gallery of this sacred city. I'm going next month and have picked up some good ideas

Karen Leaf	PM reply	14-Dec-2004 04:14
Have enjoyed each of these Shmuel. What has stayed with me, after all these years, is the enourmous contrasts between the hugely ornate Holy places and the starkness of the everyday population, as seen in your image of the woman sweeping. It's fascinating. Thanks.

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