Ancient citadel of the Jebusites. Jerusalem Explored.

8/6/20
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Ermete, Pierotti,
Ancient citadel of the Jebusites, afterwards that of David, then that of the Pisans. The Jaffa Gate.

PLATE V.

ANCIENT CITADEL OF THE JEBUSITES, AFTERWARDS THAT OF DAVID, THEN THAT OF THE PISANS. THE JAFFA GATE.

  1. Jaffa Gate.
  2. Present Wall of the City.
  3. The Custom House.
  4. Citadel.
  5. Barrack of Mount Sion.
  6. Minaret of the Citadel.
  7. Road from Bethlehem,
  8. Road from Jaffa.
  9. Mount Sion.
  10. Valley of Gihon.

Source: Jerusalem Explored. Being a description of the ancient and modern city, with numerous illustrations consisting of views, ground plans, and sections by Ermete Pierotti, translated by Thomas George Bonney (Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge). London: Bell and Daldy; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co. 1864.

Continuing

The ancient Jerusalem. Geographical and historical. The Holy Land.
The Holy Land. Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany.
View of the Damascus Gate, leading into Jerusalem.
The Upper Fountain of Siloam. Valley of Jehosophat.
Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Bethlehem. Historical views and description of its sites.
The Tomb of St. James in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
The Holy Land. Hebron one of the oldest cities in the world.
The Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.
Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Laura of Saint Sabbas. Palestine.
The largest of the cedars of Lebanon. Mount Lebanon.
General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea and Mount Lebanon.
Jaffa, ancient Joppa, as the chief harbour of Judaea.
Hebron. The Cave of Machpelah. Oriental and Sacred Scences.
The Rock temple of El Deir at Petra. The Holy Land by David Roberts.
The Nilometer on the Isle of Rhoda, Cairo, rebuilt in 861.
The ancient ruins of the Villa of Maecenas in Tivoli, Italy.
Al-Andalus. Interior of the Mosque at Córdoba, Spain.
Aswan the ancient Syene and the island of Elephantine.
Alexandria the metropolis of Egypt. The Holy Land, Asia Minor illustrated.
The cemetery of Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Israel 1836.
The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, called the Bed of Pharaoh.
Front Elevation of the Great Rock Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia.
Oriental street in the Egyptian capital Cairo with the Al Azhar Mosque.
Yerebatan Serail – The Subterranean Palace. Basilica Cistern, Istanbul.
The Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Cheops.
View of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, from the Propyleae.
Sorrento, a coastal town in southwest Italy on the Bay of Naples.
The Approach to the Island of Philae, Egypt, from the North.

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