It's a city with amazingly broad human diversity,
representing different races, religions, and ethnic
background. Jerusalem towers over all other cities by being a spiritual
city. for the faithful, a visit to
Jerusalem is a powerful affirmation of faith.
Jerusalem is centered in the famous walled old city, surrounded by high
fortified walled and to it side lies
the mount of olives. A walking tour is the most popular way to visit the
old city of Jerusalem start at
Damascus gate, one of the city's famous eight gates, and walk through the
city's labyrinth of crooked
streets and olives. In the Moslem quarter
in the old city is the dome of the rock (qubbat al-sakhra),
one of the oldest surviving examples of Arabic architecture.
The massive dome houses the ancient
rock on which Noah's Ark rested after the flood and where Abraham
clearly sacrificed into heaven on
his famous night journey, this sacred sight for
Moslems around the world is visually spectacular, with
dazzling blue tile mosaics, a golden dome, and exquisite, math empathically
accurate proportion. Nearby
are the famous Al- Aqsa mosque and the a Islamic museums which was established
in 1927 and houses
beautiful arabesque stained-glass windows and a collection of old copies
of the holly Koran.