by hadassah | Jan 28, 2009 | Ottoman Period
Highlights- Rebuilding of the Walls of Jerusalem, 1538-1541 Edict of Toleration, 1782 The Seligman-Hilton Affair, 1877 Augusta Victoria, 1907 Overview Ottoman Jerusalem 1517-1917, Teddy Kollek and Moshe Pearlman, Jerusalem- Sacred City of Mankind, Steimatzky Ltd.,...
by hadassah | Dec 25, 2008 | Ottoman Period
The Zion Gate in 1865, from Charles Wilson’s Photographs of the Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem. Constructed in 1540 by Suleiman the Magnificent, the Zion Gate is one of eight gates built into the walls of the Old City. Located in the southwestern part of the Old...
by hadassah | Dec 16, 2008 | Ottoman Period
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman the Magnificent was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He restored the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem city walls. These are still standing today and surround...
by hadassah | Dec 9, 2008 | Ottoman Period
A rich selection of ceramic pipes from the Ottoman period. Mazar, Eilat, The Complete Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations, Shoham Academic Research and Publication, Jerusalem, 2002.
by hadassah | Dec 9, 2008 | Ottoman Period
Mohammed Manuscript Mohammed ordering the execution of members of a Jewish tribe. From a Turkish manuscript of the 16th century. Kollek, Teddy and Moshe Pearlman. Jerusalem; Sacred city of mankind- a history of forty centuries. Jerusalem- Steimatzky’s Agency Ltd.,...
by hadassah | Nov 27, 2008 | Ottoman Period
Protestant Cemetery in Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of BiblePlaces.com. Sir Flinders Petrie Beginning in 1896, the Protestant community of Jerusalem buried its dead in the backyard of the Bishop Gobat School (today Jerusalem University College). The cemetery was in use...
