Experience the Holy City
Jerusalem
and the many sacred Jerusalem old city sites
Experience the Holy City Jerusalem's heart, the spiritual home of three great religions.
The built-up Jerusalem is like a city that is united together ... Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ... May there be peace within your walls, serenity within your palaces. (Psalm 122)
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Mystical occurrences ... "chance" encounters ...
Caress stones worn with the cares and tears of centuries; slip your prayer between the cracks ...
The frenetic energy of the bustling Arab shuk crackles in shadowy byways. You finger colorful textiles, exotic beads ...
Wander a bit and the light shifts ... you stumble into unexpected pockets of quiet serenity.
Follow in Jesus's footsteps. Meditate in the stillness of an Armenian sanctuary.
Step through the gates into the holy city Jerusalem and you enter another world, one where the mundane and the mystical are one.
The holy city, Jerusalem 's heart, has its own pulse. Walk through its alleys and feel its beat resonate in your own heart...
Seven gates lead through Jerusalem's ramparts - the eighth is sealed and tradition says it will remain so until the coming of the Messiah. Within the walls the old city is divided into several quarters:
Each quarter of the old city has its own flavor, its own unique sites.
If you'd rather cut to the chase, however, and head to specific sites than tour the individual quarters, here's our list of the
10 best old city sites
to visit - after you've been to the Wall,
the Temple Mount
and the Holy Sepulcher, of course.
And don't miss one of my favorite thinking spots: a
rooftop observation point,
located approximately where the Jewish, Muslim and Christian quarters meet, right in the heart of the Old City.
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