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Circassian Heritage Center
Housed in a complex of century-old basalt houses, this modest museum features a 20-minute film (in Hebrew, Arabic and English), traditional Circassian clothing and antique agricultural implements. Admission includes a tour in English. To get there from the eastern entrance to Kfar
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Beer Avraham
Opened in 2013, this visitor centre is located near the banks of Nahal Beer Sheva and showcases a reconstruction of a well that Abraham, the first of the three Biblical patriarchs, is said to have dug here (Gen.21:22-34). There is also an audiovisual presentation and an Ottoman-era
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Kabbalah Art
Denver-born David Friedman uses the mysteries of the Hebrew alphabet, Kabbalistic symbols such as the Tree of Life, and the universal language of colour and geometry to create striking visual representations of Kabbalah, and is happy to give visitors a short introduction to Kabbala
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Janco
Exhibits collages, drawings and paintings by Marcel Janco and puts on temporary exhibits by contemporary Israeli and European artists. The top-floor porch affords the kinds of views that inspired Janco to settle here. Downstairs, Dadolab (11am to 2pm Saturday and during the Passove
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Church of Dominus Flevit
Built in the 1950s, the Church of Dominus Flevit is one of the latest additions to the Mount of Olives’ collection of sites. The original church on this site was built by medieval pilgrims who claimed to have found the rock on the Mount of Olives where Jesus had wept for Jerusalem
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Herod’s Gate
It was just 100m east of this gate that the Crusaders breached the city walls on 15 July 1099. The name was derived from a mistaken belief held by 16th- and 17th-century pilgrims that a nearby building was at one time the palace of Herod Antipas. In Hebrew the gate is called Sha’ar
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Mary’s Well
Eastern Orthodox Christians believe that this spring – whose actual source lies under the nearby Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation – was the site of the Annunciation (al-Bishara in Arabic). The structure known as Marys Well is a modern reconstruction and the water does not
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Ethiopian Arts Workshop
Preserving the unique culture of the Ethiopian Jews, this arts and crafts workshop in the Taubel Community Centre has a small exhibition and shop and holds pottery workshops. To get here, continue up Yitzhack Rager St past the hospital, turn right on Ben-Gurion Blvd and again onto
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First Aliya Museum
Commemorates the early Zionist pioneers who established Zichron Yaakov and other agricultural villages between 1882 and 1904; multimedia presentations outline the trials and tribulations of those heady days. Situated two long blocks west of the bottom of the pedestrian zone on HaMe
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St Joseph’s Church
Across the courtyard from the upper level of the Basilica of the Annunciation, this neo-Romanesque Franciscan church, built in 1914, occupies a site believed by popular tradition to be that of Joseph’s carpentry workshop. It was built on top of the remains of a Crusader church. Dow
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Cana Catholic Wedding Church
This late-19th-century, green-domed Franciscan church stands on the site believed by Catholics to be that of Jesuss wedding miracle. In the basement is an ancient jar that may have been among the six used by Jesus when he turned water into wine. Under the church floor, through a gl
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St Mark’s Chapel
This medieval chapel is the home of the small Syrian Orthodox congregation in Jerusalem, who believe that it occupies the site of the home of St Mark’s mother, Mary. Peter is said to have come here after he was released from prison by an angel (Acts 12:12). Inside, look for the pai
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Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Dominating the Old City skyline with its tall white tower, the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer was built in 1898 on the site of the 11th-century church of St Mary-la-Latine. The closed northern entrance porch is medieval, decorated with the signs of the zodiac and the symbols of th
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Ramla Museum
Housed in a building dating from the British Mandate, this small museum provides an overview of the town’s history. Exhibits include locally excavated gold coins from the 8th to 15th century CE, a collection of traditional products of Arab soap manufacture from the beginning of the
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MadaTech
Fascinating interactive science exhibits fill the impressive first home of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, built in 1913. (Classes didnt begin until 1924 because of a disagreement over whether the language of instruction should be German or Hebrew.) When Albert Einstei
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Russian Chapel of the Ascension
Marked by a needle-point steeple – the tallest structure on the Mount of Olives – and built over the spot from which the Russian Orthodox Church claims Jesus made his ascent to heaven, this 19th-century chapel is part of a working monastery and can be a little bit hard to find; loo
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Andromeda’s Rock
Beyond the sea wall is a cluster of blackened rocks, the largest of which is named after the goddess Andromeda who, according to Greek mythology, was chained here as a sacrificial victim but was snatched from the jaws of the great sea monster by Perseus on his winged horse. As yet
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Eshkol Tower
A case can be made that building a 30-storey skyscraper on top of a mountain was an act of monumental folly, but renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer didnt think so – hes the one who designed the Eshkol Tower, opened in 1978. To get to the observation deck and its panoramic
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Crusader Castle
An impressive Crusader castle, known in Latin as Castrum Pergrinorum and in French as Château Pèlerin (Pilgrims’ Castle), sits on a promontory about 1.5km southwest of Atlit detention camp. Its inside a military base used for training by Israels marine commandos and so cant be visi
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Roman Theatre
Used these days for open-air concerts by top-tier international and Israeli talent, Herods impressive theatre (often incorrectly referred to as the amphitheatre) could seat 4000 people. The semicircular platform behind the stage dates from the 3rd century, while the great wall with
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