About to enter Jaffa Gate:
On the ramparts:
The old Roman colonnade in the Cardo, which is the main street of the Old Jerusalem. This section of the street has been excavated:
The colonnade is about 2,500 years old. So is this wall - this is the old original city wall, now located in the middle of the "modern" Old Jerusalem:
The streets and courts of the Old City:
View of Mount of Olives:
This was quite a common sight while we were in Israel. Soldiers traveling with their weapons. They get to take them home when they leave their army bases for the weekend.
Old city walls. They are also "modern" - only from early 16th century!
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