Day 9 in Israel 🇮🇱.
Another day walking around Jerusalem.
Today we started the day visiting the Tower of David where there is a museum where we learned how the city had been conquered and many times destroyed by different civilizations. It is fascinating.
The views from the top of the tower are amazing.
We then walked the Via Dolorosa a number of times.
We also stopped and visited a number of churches along the way.
A very interesting visit was to the Church of Flagellation that today belongs to a Franciscan order. We visited their museum and learned more about the life over the last 2,000 years in the area.
We then walked to the Pool of Bethesda, saw the heavily guarded entries to the Temple Mount and walked by the Arabian cemetery just next to the outside of the Jerusalem walls (on the East side) and also saw the closed (since 1541) Golden Gate.
In the Tower of David we also visited a special exhibition of the Temple Mount. It was highly informative.
We finished the day with an evening light show inside the Tower of David using its walls as backdrop.
After today’s history lesson about Jerusalem, our respect for the importance of this city for 3 (Christian, Jewish and Muslim) important religion groups is very high and our thoughts and prayers go towards continued peaceful coexistence among men in the City of David.
Video of Armando playing with a radio on the street
View of Jerusalem from the Tower of David
Facebook post for the day
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