{"id":1370,"date":"2018-04-07T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/new\/israel\/israelwp\/tel-aviv-on-wheels-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:44:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T14:44:39","slug":"tower-of-david-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/tower-of-david-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower of David Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"mtwpb_elements_wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jerusalem\u2019s Citadel, known as the \u201cTower of David\u201d, is a historical and archaeological asset of international significance. The Tower is a medieval fortress that is located near the Jaffa Gate, the historical entrance to the Old City and has been the symbol for the city of Jerusalem for generations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"2458\" img_size=\"full\" add_caption=\"yes\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the Tower of David Museum you are presented with Jerusalem\u2019s astounding story. While absorbing yourself in legends of the past and their dramatic chronicles it will not take you long to realise that the very stones of the museum are part of this city\u2019s living history.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"2457\" img_size=\"full\" add_caption=\"yes\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 500-year-old walls are part of the Turkish citadel; its name derives from a tower so massive that early Jerusalemites ascribed it to their great King David and despite the name being \u2018The Tower of David\u2019 it was actually build by King Herod.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"5041\" img_size=\"full\" add_caption=\"yes\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Your visit can begin with a breath-taking view of old and new Jerusalem from the top of the tower. Each ancient room has been revamped to showcase a different period, allowing the tempestuous events of 4,000 years to\u00a0fall perfectly into place in your mind.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The windows frame glimpses of modern Jerusalem, and with each doorway you exit, you look down into the citadel\u2019s central courtyard, where archaeologists have unearthed remains dating from the Maccabees to the Middle Ages. This incredible site really is a maze of time!<\/p>\n<p>The museum also utilizes its unique space for multi-sensory exhibits by leading designers and artists from Israel and abroad.\u00a0This One of a kind museum hosts the annual \u2018Night Spectacular\u2019 which is a unique sound and light show where the whole of the Citadel is lit up with stunning designs![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jerusalem\u2019s Citadel, known as the \u201cTower of David\u201d, is a historical and archaeological asset of international significance. The Tower is a medieval fortress that is located near the Jaffa Gate, the historical entrance to the Old City and has been the symbol for the city of Jerusalem for generations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2458&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the Tower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jerusalem","category-things-to-do"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/2459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel.travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}