Tower of David

The tower of David and the City walls The Tower of David ( , Migdal David , , Burj Daud ) is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . Built to strengthen a strategically weak point in the Old City's defenses, the citadel was constructed during the second century BCE and subsequently destroyed and rebuilt by, in succession, the Christian , Muslim , Mamluk , and Ottoman conquerors of Jerusalem. It contains important archaeological finds dating back 2,700 years, and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances. The name "Tower of David" is only accurate in the historical sense, as King David's original tower and fortifications were destroyed to the foundation several hundred years before this tower was reconstructed on them and rebuilt continuously.

The Tower of David and the City walls . The Tower of David ( , Migdal David , , Burj Daud ), also known as the Jerusalem Citadel , is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. It was built on the site of an earlier ancient fortification of the Hasmonean , Herodian , Christian and Arab- Muslim eras, but was destroyed after the Mamluk conquest of Jerusalem. It contains important archaeological finds dating back over 2,000 years including a quarry dated to the First Temple period, and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances. Dan Bahat writes that the original three Hasmonean towers were altered by Herod, and that "The northeastern tower was replaced by a much larger, more massive tower, dubbed the "Tower of David" beginning in the 5th century C.E." The name "Tower of David" is due to Byzantine Christians who believed the site to be the palace of King David .

The Tower of David and the city walls The Tower of David ( , Migdál Davíd , , Burj Dāwūd ), also known as the Jerusalem Citadel , is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. It was built on the site of a series of earlier ancient fortifications of the Hasmonean , Herodian , Byzantine and Early Muslim periods, after being destroyed repeatedly during the last decades of Crusader presence in the Holy Land by their Muslim enemies. It contains important archaeological finds dating back over 2,500 years including a quarry dated to the First Temple period, and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances. Dan Bahat writes that the original three Hasmonean towers were altered by Herod, and that "The northeastern tower was replaced by a much larger, more massive tower, dubbed the "Tower of David" beginning in the 5th century C.E." Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome (2008).

Ancient citadel in the Old City of Jerusalem For other uses, see Tower of David (disambiguation) . The Tower of David and the city walls The Tower of David ( ), also known as the Citadel ( ), is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. It was built on the site of a series of earlier ancient fortifications of the Hasmonean , Herodian , Byzantine and Early Muslim periods, after being destroyed repeatedly during the last decades of Crusader presence in the Holy Land by their Muslim enemies. It contains important archaeological finds dating back over 2,500 years including a quarry dated to the First Temple period , and is a popular venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances. Dan Bahat , the Israeli archeologist, writes that the original three Hasmonean towers standing in this area of the city were altered by Herod , and that "The northeastern tower was replaced by a much larger, more massive tower, dubbed the "Tower of David" beginning in the 5th century C.E." The name "Tower of David" migrated in the 19th century from the Herodian tower in the northeast of the citadel, to the 17th-century minaret at the opposite side of the citadel, and after 1967 has been officially adopted for the entire citadel.

Ancient citadel in the Old City of Jerusalem For other uses, see Tower of David (disambiguation) . The Tower of David and the city walls The Tower of David ( Hebrew : מגדל דוד , romanized : Migdál Davíd ), also known as the Citadel ( Arabic : القلعة , romanized : al-Qalʿa ), is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum , located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem . The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods. It was built on the site of a series of earlier ancient fortifications of the Hasmonean , Herodian , Byzantine and Early Muslim periods, after being destroyed repeatedly during the last decades of Crusader presence in the Holy Land by their Muslim enemies. It contains artifacts from the Iron Age including a quarry dated to the Second Temple period and pottery, fishbones, and other archaeological finds dating from the First Temple Period , and is a venue for benefit events, craft shows, concerts, and sound-and-light performances. Dan Bahat , an Israeli archaeologist, writes that the original three Hasmonean towers standing in this area of the city were altered by Herod , and that "the northeastern tower was replaced by a much larger, more massive tower, dubbed the 'Tower of David' beginning in the 5th century CE " Originally referring to the Herodian tower in the northeast of the citadel, in the 19th century the name Tower of David began to refer to the 17th-century minaret at the opposite side of the citadel, and since 1967 officially refers to the entire citadel.