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attractions Jerusalem: the holy city for three religions
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City of Jerusalem, a beautiful old town charm. The city of Jerusalem also save a lot of evidence about past civilizations. If you are attractions to Jerusalem, your attractions will make you know one of the most important place in human history.
Shalom in Hebrew means peace Jews. That word of welcome and farewell to her in Israel. The author had the opportunity to visit some important places in the Old City of Jerusalem. Which is a city of three religions conflict of interest over time.
The town is full of controversy. Also the opportunity to visit even if you do not always have to plan ahead. This relates to the political escalation that occurred in this city. So spattered little brawl between ethnic, your visit will be canceled. Or one of three places of worship of Christianity, Judaism and Islam closed to the public and even to his own people for the sake of security.
The authors have also been a small incident at the Masjid al Aqsa, so there are restrictions for attractions not to visit a Muslim mosque. Only open to local residents.
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In the Old City is surrounded by high walls like the ancient Roman cities. This wall has a function as a defense of the city from enemy attack. Height of the wall is also made very sturdy and even have a stone that weighs 100 tons, the wall height ranges from 5-15 meters, with 43 watchtowers at important points such as entrances and at each corner.
Old Town which covers 0.9 square miles that is visible from a distance the Mount of Olives like a fortress. The author is more appropriate because of the hill called Mount Olive real name, unlike its height is only 812 meter Mt. Mount of Olives or Har Ha Zaitim Hebrewnya language or Arabic Jebel az-Zeitun. Mount of Olives is associated with the Christian and Jewish tradition, as many past events that are written in the Gospel and the Jewish Hebrew Bible book is going on here.
Exactly on the slopes of these hills is the largest Jewish graveyard in the world, with approximately 150,000 graves. Trusted by them if they want to go to heaven must be buried in Jerusalem near Mount Olive. This is our first stop after an hour's drive from the port of Ashdod, Israel.
One of the gates into the Old City of Jerusalem. (MANUH / THE EPOCH TIMES)
To enter the Old City, the attractions will start from the Gate of Jaffa (Jaffa Gate) in the western part of the city center, where there are eleven entrances but partially closed, only seven gates are opened. These gates are closed at sunset and opened again at sunrise.
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Small alleys like a gang, but a neat story of limestone rocks is a typical old city. Almost all the buildings using stone as the stone walls of palimanan in West Java.
Very long history of Jerusalem, before the conquest by King David, Jerusalem is home to ethnic Jebusites. Then given the name City of David, son of King Solomon's construction of the city walls expand.
Then the glory of the Islamic Arab Empire controlled Jerusalem in the 7th century, under the leadership of Caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab.
In 1099 Jerusalem occupied by the Western Christian soldiers, 88 years later, in 1187 the Arab Muslim leader Saladin control of Jerusalem again, and allowed the Jews to settle in this city.
Throughout its history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and held back 44 times. The existing wall was built in 1538 at the time of the Muslim Ottoman Empire under Sultan Suleiman the Great. The wall extends along 4.5 km with a height of 5-15 meters. With a thickness of 3 meters. Which there are 43 watch towers.
Jerusalem is now under the government of Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, when Jordan lost the war and had to hand over all of Jerusalem. The uniqueness of Jerusalem is only one square kilometer is the division of this region into four ethnic regions. Muslim population of the region, Armenian, Jewish and Christian. However, not all citizens of one religion only. As in the Muslim region there are 60 Jewish families living there. The main role of Jerusalem for the three religions have deep roots.
The atmosphere of the old town hall street in Jerusalem. (MANUH / THE EPOCH TIMES)
The religion of Islam has become the third holiest place after Mecca and Medina. Believed the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven from the 'Temple Mount'. To remember this place is here built the Al Aqsa mosque (the farthest mosque), and the mosques 'Dome of the Rock', where he climbed the flight of stone Buraq.
Western Wall or Wailing Wall or the Wailing Wall is open Synagog for Jews, is their holy place, so does the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, an historic church where it is believed Jesus was crucified and buried here. This church is a pilgrimage place since the 4th century to the present.
As a attractions area, a variety of magnetic cindramata, scarf, cap and small cap typical of Jews were also sold to the attractions. Places visited by thousands of pilgrims and attractions, on the one side has come lose the sanctity of Jerusalem. Because these two types of visitors have different goals; pilgrims to perform religious rituals, while the attractions just want to know, have fun and capture the media and get a souvenir photo.
For the sake of attention, then for every visitor either pilgrims or attractions will be certificated 'Jerusalem Pilgrim' which was signed by the Mayor of Jerusalem and the Israel Ministry of attractions
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