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Jerusalem in Photos
The Old City
The Old City is divided into quarters, named after the four communities that inhabited it during the Middle Ages: Arab, Jewish, Christian and Armenian.
No wonder Jerusalem has such a tremendous impact, both locally and internationally. To Jews, Jerusalem has always been "The Holy City". The Wailing Wall at the foot of Temple Mount is all that remains of Jerusalem’s second temple and is Judaism’s most important place of prayer.
For Christians, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is thought to contain the tomb where Jesus was laid to rest after the Crucifixion, having carried the cross through the city along the Via Dolorosa.
The Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount is Islam’s third most important religious site (after Mecca and Medina), and it is from here that Muhammad is believed to have ascended to heaven.
Jerusalem provides a unique opportunity to experience the contrasting opposites of ancient and modern, oriental and western, heavenly and earthly.
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