The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum, located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
The citadel in 2016
The Tower of David and the city wall (2014)
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)
Tancred's Tower, known in Arabic as Qasr Jalud, was a large tower at the northwest corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, of which only meager remains were unearthed by archaeologists.
Remains of Tancred's Tower in front of the Ottoman city walls, and the Collège des Frères behind the walls (top)
The area of Tancred's Tower in a city model created a century before the excavation of the tower remains (1864-1873)