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MODERN JERUSALEM
B y the 1860 S the Old City
to cater for Holy Land pilgrims.
The architecture of the new
city became increasingly
eclectic as colonial builders
imported their own national
styles. As a result, exotic fea-
tures such as Muscovite
domes and Florentine towers
form the backdrop to the
equally multi-cultural bustle on
the streets of the modern city.
had become overcrowd-
ed, and the need for
more space gave rise to a pe-
riod of unrestricted building
activity outside the walls. The
earliest developments, such as
Yemin Moshe, Nakhalat Shiva
and Mea Shearim, were Jewish
community projects or, like the
Russian Compound, intended
Young Israelis in the
lively district around
Ben Yehuda Street
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Districts
Ben Yehuda and
Nakhalat Shiva 4
Ha-Neviim Street 9
Mea Shearim q
Russian Compound 8
Museums and Historic
Buildings
American Colony Hotel u
Italian Hospital 0
Jerusalem Time Elevator 3
King David Hotel 2
New City Hall 7
Rockefeller Museum i
Ticho House 6
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Archaeological Sites
Solomon's Quarries w
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Holy Places
Italian Synagogue 5
St Etienne Monastery r
St George's Cathedral t
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Kings' Tombs y
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GETTING THERE
There are buses to most of
the sights from Ha-Emek Street,
just outside Jaffa Gate, from Nablus
Road, just north of Damascus Gate,
and from Jaffa Road, in front of the New
City Hall. Taxis can be convenient, but
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The Bloomfield Gardens' Lion Fountain in the Yemin Moshe district
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