FIRST TEMPLE JERUSALEM
GOVERNOR’S
PALACE (HAAS) PROMENADE
This
promenade gives a comprehensive view of Jerusalem
to the north, including the Temple
Mount . This may have been the direction from which
Abraham first viewed the Moriah Mount (now the Temple Mount ).
Below,
on the right, is Jabel Malcaba. Opposite
is the Augusta Victoria church (Lutheran) and hospital. This was the original home of the first
British High Commissioner in Palestine ,
Sir Herbert Samuel, after his arrival in 1920.
In 1927 there was an earthquake and the Governor’s residence was
temporarily moved to Beit Machanaim, after which the official residence to the
right of the promenade was built. Today
the building is the local UN headquarters.
Moving left
is the Hebrew University
Tower , the Mormon University
and French Hill. Below Augusta Victoria,
on the right is Har
Mamashit (Mount
of Offence). Below this is the Arab
village of Silwan, which is where the first Yemenite Jews to immigrate to
Israel lived in the 19th century.
Below Augusta Victoria, on the left, is the Church of Viri Galilaei . Further
left, the Maria Magdelena Church ,
with its gold onion domes, can be seen.
In
front, at the bottom of the valley is the Kidron Stream, and the south wall of
the Old City is to the left. The Dome of the Rock and El Aksa mosques can
be seen on the Temple
Mount . In front of the Old City
is the City of David .
The
white dome seen in the distance if the dome of the rebuilt Hurva Synagogue, in the Jewish Quarter. Also in this direction are the Domitzio Building and the Casa Nova Tower of the Franciscan monastery. Below it is Har Zion. In front, to the right is Abu Tor and on the
left in the distance is the King
David Hotel ,
with the Crowne Plaza hotel further to the left.
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