Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
THE MUSLIM QUARTER
This is the largest and
Via D olorosa
(see pp30-31)
.
In the 14th and 15th cen-
turies the M amelu kes
rebuilt extensively, espe-
cially in the areas abutting
the Haram esh-Sharif. The
quarter has been in decay
since the 16th century. Today it con-
tains some of the city's poorest homes.
It is also one of the most fascinating
and least explored parts of Jerusalem.
most densely popu
-
lated quarter of the
Old City. It was first devel-
oped under Herod the
Great and delineated in its
present form under the
Byzantines. In the 12th century it was
taken over by the Crusaders, hence
the quarter's wealth of churches and
other Christian institutions, such as the
Street sign for a Quranic
recitation school
SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Historic Streets,
Buildings and Gates
Chain Street
6
Damascus Gate
8
Ecce Homo Arch
2
Herod's Gate
9
Lady Tunshuq's Palace
4
St Stephen's Gate
q
Via Dolorosa
3
Holy Places
Haram esh-Sharif
pp68-73
w
Monastery of the
Flagellation
1
St Anne's Church
0
GETTING THERE
The Muslim Quarter is served by
Damascus, Herod's and St Stephen's
gates. There are buses from the
New City to Damascus Gate
(see
p311)
. Alternatively, for visitors with
their own transport, there is a car
park just inside St Stephen's Gate.
Souks and Markets
Central Souk
7
Cotton Merchants'
Market
5
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KEY
Street-by-Street map
See pp62-3
City wall
Muslim women entering the Dome of the Rock, centrepiece of the Haram esh-Sharif
