Motza
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Motza, also Mozah or Motsa,, is a neighbourhood on the western edge of Jerusalem. It is located in the Judaean Mountains, 600 metres above sea level, connected to Jerusalem by the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv h
Aerial view of Motsa, 2021
Residents of Motza before 1899
Motza farmstead, 1912
Azra sanatorium. Zoltan Kluger, 1937
Qalunya
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Qalunya was a Palestinian village located 6 kilometers west of Jerusalem. Prior to the village's destruction in 1948, with the exception of 166 dunams, Qalunya's land was privately owned: 3,594 dunams
Motza
…800 Roman soldiers in the town, which became a Roman settlement known as Colonia Amosa. Following the Muslim conquest of the Levant, it became known as Qalunya. In 1854, farmland was purchased from the nearby Arab village of Qalunya (Colonia) by a Baghdadi Jew, Shaul Yehuda, with the aid of British consul James…
Qalunya, before 1949
Qalunya noted on 1587 print by Jean Zuallart
Qalunya panorama 10 April 1948