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Wall of Süleyman
wall, Jerusalem
Also known as: Old City Wall
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feature of Jerusalem
- In Jerusalem: Architecture
…most conspicuous feature is the city wall erected in 1538–40 by the Ottoman sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, largely on the foundations of earlier walls dating chiefly to the period of the Crusades but in some places to Byzantine, Herodian, and even Hasmonean times. The Old City may be entered through…
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