David's Citadel at Jaffa Gate - 30 Jan 2012

 I've shown you some of the inside exhibits, but thought you might like to see the actual citadel.  These particular walls are 500 years old and were built by Suliman

 This is a rendition of how it might have looked during the crusader times

 This, of course is the interior courtyard.  I have never figured out why the exterior walls are so much more durable than the interior structures.  They are all of solid stone.  Surprisingly the arches nearly always remain.

 The stage is for a sound and light show they do when the weather warms up.  We hope to be able to see it before we leave.

One more view of the courtyard from the opposite end of the complex.  The displays are in rooms all around the perimeter and the displays cover the Caananite period to the Halocaust.