Mount Zion Hotel Jerusalem
by Lydia Holly
Title
Mount Zion Hotel Jerusalem
Artist
Lydia Holly
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The beautiful Mount Zion Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel is a historical building that started out in the 1880's as an eye hospital on the edge of the Hinnon Valley and was converted to a weapons storehouse by The Turks in World War 1. It underwent renovation by the British in the 1930s and though I stayed in the hotel for four days I was not aware of the historical significance this building played in the 1948 War that only came to light in 1970s. The following is taken from http://my-country-israel.com about the Cable Car Secret. " In December of 1948, in the midst of Israel`s War of Independence, inventor Uriel Hefetz came up with an idea of a cable car to connect Mt Zion and the hill to its west. This provided a crucial solution to the problem of transferring provisions and ammunition to Jewish fighters on Mt Zion and was code named "Absalom`s Way".
The plan included extending a 200m steel cord above the Hinnom Valley, which would link up the Israeli post on Mt Zion and the one in the St John ophthalmic hospital (today the Mt Zion Hotel).
A small car, designed to carry some 250kg of equipment, dangled from the cord, at a maximum height of 50m above the valley floor. The cord would be extended every night, and taken down every morning, to avoid getting hit by Jordanian snipers.The Cable Car Museum is located in the very room out of which the cable car was operated. The permanent exhibition includes periodical photos and documents."
Enjoy this lovely lobby of the Mount Zion Hotel and go back in time with me! A mosaic filter was used to provide additional texture to the image.
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October 6th, 2016
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Kathy Krause
Beautiful capture Lydia! Would love to go to Jerusalem someday. L/F
Lydia Holly replied:
Hope you go Kathy! A trip of trips! Thanks so much for the comment and for choosing this as a favorite/like!