Views Of Jerusalem Gate

                It's sad,
                To be the Mayor of Jerusalem.
                It is terrible,
                How can any man be the mayor of a city like that?

                What can he do with her?
                He will build, and build, and build.

                And at night
                The stones of the hills round about
                Will crawl down
                Towards the stone houses,
                Like wolves coming
                To howl at the dogs
                Who have become men's slaves.

                    (Yehuda Amichai, Poems of Jerusalem)


All pictures in this gate were taken from the book "Jerusalem/Skyline".
It is a book of aerial photographs of Jerusalem, which casts a different
and unique perspective on the city and its surroundings.
Here is a view from a different angle; old and new. Of ancient Jerusalem
steadily restored alongside modern Jerusalem which is constantly being 
developed. Encounters of different panoramas, architectural styles and 
historical periods. Various seasons of the year, a blend of summer with 
the snow. We peek into the different neighborhoods and observe the roofs, 
squares, streets and gardens, along with the numerous historical buildings 
which beautify the city. We have the opportunity to search for new ways of 
categorizing the city, a city which, one might have thought, has been 
categorized in every possible way, and yet, as is always the case with 
Jerusalem, we are always surprised to find a new, unique and breathtaking 
way of seeing it."

(From the introduction to the book
Jerusalem/skyline by Tal D. and Haramati M.)

You may select several points of entry in your visit:

• General View Of The City Of Jerusalem (Step 1)
• Views Of The Old City Of Jerusalem (Steps 2 - 12)
• Views Of The New City Of Jerusalem (Steps 13 - 20)

  Here is the Index of the Views Gate

Colour photographs in this gate were taken from the book "Jerusalem
Skyline"by Duby Tal and Moni Haramati, ISBN 965-05-0680-2.

B&W pictures in this gate were taken from the book 
"Jerusalem and Eretz-Israel: In the Footsteps of Early Photographers. 
by Professor Yeshayahu Nir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
ISBN 965-05-00277-7
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