Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount, City of David: Israel is again open to tourists after a long period of isolation. Even the obligation to test has fallen. The conflicts remain. Visit to a region that never comes to rest.
The aisle gets narrower and narrower. Green lichens thrive in the glow of the neon lamps, soon the T-shirt has green stripes. After all, it is nice and cool here. And the effort underground is worth it. The Canaanites carved the system of passages and canals to the Gihon spring 2700 years ago in the rock, the canal up to the city wall was built later at the time of Herod – almost unbelievable achievements. King David is said to have ruled here over the Kidron Valley for 33 years. “City of David” is therefore the name of the oldest inhabited part of Jerusalem, located in the Arabic part, where people probably lived 6000 years ago.