The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
The Tower of David and the city walls
View of Tower of David from above
Jerusalem Model, Palace of Herod the Great with the three towers (Phasael, Hippicus, Mariamne from left to right)
Large Herodian ashlars topped by smaller Mamluk stones
Jaffa Gate is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Jaffa Gate
Inscription on the wall adjacent to, and north of, the outer gate, praising Allah and his servant, Ibrahim (1854 photograph)
Jaffa Gate from northwest (1891)
The Ottoman clock tower stood between 1908 and 1922.