Image: 1900s Jerusalem old city

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Description: The w:Old City of Jerusalem in 1937. The w:Jewish quarter is at the bottom of the image. The buildings and houses in the centre are part of the Mughrabi (Maghrebian) Quarter which was destroyed by the Israeli Army in 1967. The two large domes are the w:Hurva Synagogue and the w:Tiferet Yisrael synagogue. Both were destroyed by the w:Arab Legion in the 1948 War. The Western (Wailing) Wall is clearly visible right of centre.
Title: 1900s Jerusalem old city
Credit: Israel Yesterday And Today: A Photographic Survey Of The Building Of A Nation by Gonen, Amiram. (New York: Macmillan USA, 1998) ISBN 0028625854. p. 26
Author: Template:Zoltan Kluger (Orient Press Photo Agency)
Permission: Image in public domain per the copyright laws of the British Mandate of Palestine. See license below.
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