Talpiot
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Talpiot is an Israeli neighborhood in southeastern Jerusalem, established in 1922 by Zionist pioneers. It was built as a garden suburb on land purchased by the Tel Aviv-based Palestine Land Developmen
Kenyon Hadar shopping mall on Pierre Koenig Street in Talpiot
An aerial view of the neighbourhood
Talpiot 1931
Talpiot industrial zone, 2006
At 22:43 on 24 May 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot neighborhood, in Jerusalem, Israel. Twenty-three people fell to their deaths through two
Talpiot
…Israel's independence was replaced by a large industrial zone to house the businesses evicted from Mamilla. On May 24, 2001, the third floor of the Versailles wedding hall in Talpiot collapsed during a wedding party, killing 23 and injuring more than 200. The collapse was blamed on poor construction, using a system called…
Aftermath of the disaster