“David’s Tower”

ID: IJNTGW24

View looking north at the so–called "David’s Tower" rising from the citadel at Jaffa Gate. In truth, it has nothing to do with the biblical David. It is a minaret that was built ca. A.D. 1655.

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Gates Of the Old City

Keywords: David David’s Tower, Minaret, Joppa Jaffa Gate, Citadel Ancient, Gate, Gates, Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman, Old City, Jerusalem, Hill Country of Judah, Israel, Central