{"id":2100,"date":"2023-03-20T09:31:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tod.tycontrol.me\/?post_type=qa&#038;p=2100"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:56:05","slug":"who-built-the-citadel","status":"publish","type":"qa","link":"https:\/\/www.tod.org.il\/en\/qa\/who-built-the-citadel\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Built the Citadel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tower of David is located on the spot that has guarded Jerusalem for thousands of years<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rulers throughout history have left their mark here. King Herod built 3 massive towers here and the largest one, the Phasael Tower, is still standing. During the Early Muslim Period, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Citadel was built, the remains of which can be seen today in the center of the courtyard \u2013 a round tower 10 meters\/30 feet in diameter. The Crusaders constructed a royal palace here<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they added a beautiful entrance and a moat (dry and without alligators!). The Mamelukes strengthened the walls of the Citadel and added sophisticated, advanced architectural elements to make the Citadel a symbol of strength. Among the impressive extensions built by the Mamelukes is the hexagonal tower appended to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Phasael Tower. The Ottomans built a monumental entrance gate at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Museum\u2019s eastern entrance, a beautiful stone bridge, the open mosque, and the cannon yard. Their most striking addition was the minaret, the tower of the mosque, known today <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tower of David, a prominent symbol of the city of Jerusalem. The British converted the Citadel\u2019s rooms into exhibition spaces;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they actually were the first to use the Tower of David not for defense and protection but rather for peace \u2013 as an exhibit space for art and cultural events. After the War of Independence in 1948 the Jordanian Legion controlled the citadel and it became a fortress once again. After the 1967 Six Day War, the Citadel came under Israeli sovereignty and in 1989 the Tower of David Museum was opened. From then until now<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the archaeological courtyard has hosted visitors from all over the world who come to discover the story of Jerusalem. So actually, everyone contributed to building this place<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and all are welcome to enter it! The courtyard of the Citadel is extensive and there are many shady and grassy areas to relax in \u2013 come tour the citadel through its exciting history or just to enjoy a picnic in the pleasant hours of the afternoon, all in the shadow of a Second Temple Period tower or a Byzantine water cistern.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2100","qa","type-qa","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Built the Citadel? - Tower of David Jerusalem Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tod.org.il\/en\/qa\/who-built-the-citadel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Built the Citadel? - Tower of David Jerusalem Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Tower of David is located on the spot that has guarded Jerusalem for thousands of years; rulers throughout history have left their mark here. 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