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Sights in West Jerusalem

Yemin Moshe
1
MAP N5
The highlight of this small area of
delightfully renovated flower-filled
lanes is Mishkenot Shaananim,
which was built in the 1850s as a
communal housing block but now
functions as an artists’ guesthouse.
Mahane Yehuda and
2
Nachla’ot
MAP L2 & L3 • Off Agrippas St
For over 100 years Mahane Yehuda
has been a buzzing market; now
its restaurant scene and nightlife
is burgeoning too – bars and cafés
replace the market stalls at night.
Nearby, the alleys of Nachla’ot are
worth exploring.
Nachalat Shiv’a
3 Holy Trinity Church, Russian Compound
MAP M3
Russian Compound
This old neighborhood has great 7
bars and restaurants, plus arty MAP M3
shops along its main alleyway. To the Built for Russian pilgrims in the
north lie Zion Square and Ben Yehuda 1860s, this enclosure’s huge edifices
Street – full of cafés and college kids. include Sergei’s Courtyard, the
Church of the Holy Trinity, and a
U. Nahon Museum of
4 half-quarried monolithic column.
Italian Jewish Art
Mea She’arim
MAP M3 • 27 Hillel St • (02) 624 1610 8
This museum contains a synagogue MAP M2
from the Veneto, complete with lavish This enclave of ultra-Orthodox Jews,
gilded Baroque stucco. Also on display planned by German architect Conrad
are silver Torah finials and illuminated Schick (1822–1901), resembles an
manuscripts, and an ancient wooden 18th-century Polish ghetto. Ashkenazi
Ark from Mantua (1543). food, black suits, and children abound.
Dress modestly when visiting.
Mamilla
5 Ethiopia Street
MAP M4
The 1949–67 armistice line ran 9
MAP M3
between Mamilla and the walls of the This charming lane houses the
Old City. Some of the original 19th- circular Ethiopian church, designed
century buildings have been incorpo- by Conrad Schick, and a 19th-
rated into an upscale shopping mall. century Arab mansion at No. 6a.
German Colony
Givat Ram
6 0
Emek Refaim St
MAP J4
This hilltop neighborhood is home to Along this fashionable street, cafés,
the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and bars, and shops occupy 19th-century
government ministries, as well as the Templer buildings and old Arab
Israel and Bible Lands museums, and houses. A farmers’ and craft market
a campus of the Hebrew University. is held on Fridays.
See map on pp66–7
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