Zedekiah's Cave, also known as Solomon's Quarries, is a 5-acre (20,000 m2) underground meleke limestone quarry under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem that runs the length of five city blocks. It was carved over a period of several thousand years and is a remnant of the largest quarry in Jerusalem.
Zedekiah's Cave
Entrance to Zedekiah's Cave, 1950
Touring the cave, 2011
Entrance to the cave in 1945 when it was used as a bomb-shelter
Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem)
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City. The quarter is the largest and most populous of the four quarters and extends from the Lions' Gate in the east, along the northern wall of the Temple Mount in the south, to the Damascus Gate—Western Wall route in the west. The Via Dolorosa starts in this quarter.
Cotton market, reconstructed in 1336 by the Mamluk ruler Emir Tankiz, governor of Damascus