The Museum of the Underground Prisoners occupies a stone building in the Russian Compound characterized by the Russian inscription above its entrance that identifies it as the Marianskya Women's Hostel. Originally built in the eighteen…
Downtown British Mandate History
This walk traces the physical and political transformation of Jerusalem under British Mandate rule through its grand civic monuments and high-society landmarks. We walk past the stone-carved buildings, fortified security zones, and historic hotels that defined the city’s dramatic transition into a modern capital.
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1. Museum of The Underground Prisoners
2. The Post Hostel
The Post Hostel occupies the top floor of Jerusalem’s historic Central Post Office building, a structure completed between nineteen thirty-four and nineteen thirty-eight. Designed by architects Austen Harrison and Percy Winter during the…
3. Generali Building
The Generali Building is identifiable by the large, stone sculpture of a winged lion resting on its roof. This figure, known as the Lion of Saint Mark, holds an open book and sits above an engraving of the year eighteen thirty-one, marking…
4. Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem
The Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem is identifiable by its meticulously restored, four-story limestone facade, which features elaborate geometric carvings and rows of arched windows that blend Ottoman, Gothic, and Greco-Roman styles. Originally…
5. Jerusalem International YMCA
The Jerusalem International YMCA is distinguished by a one hundred and fifty-two-foot observation tower that rises above a complex of domes and arches. Dedicated in nineteen thirty-three, the building was designed by Arthur Loomis Harmon,…
6. King David Hotel
The King David Hotel is identified by its façade of locally quarried pink limestone, rising six stories above King David Street. Founded by Egyptian Jewish banker Ezra Mosseri and opened in nineteen thirty-one, the hotel was designed by…