City of David

Jerusalem. What more can be said about you?
The city where history treads its pavements. A city that has known thousands of years of cultures, empires, and religions, all leaving their mark. A city born approximately 3,000 years ago as the capital of Israel on a small hill, surrounded by mountains, it has evolved into a spiritual center, disseminating foundational beliefs and universal values to the entire world.

Yet, Jerusalem’s journey has not been easy. The city of King David, which became the capital and home to the Temple, where many biblical stories unfolded in its alleys, also attracted military leaders and countless battles, leaving their scars until the city was completely destroyed in 70 CE.

Thousands of years later, in 1867, the British explorer Charles Warren rediscovered this lost city, long buried beneath ruins. Beneath the ground, among shafts and tunnels, he found the first evidence of the city’s ancient water system. A new chapter in the city’s long history of destruction and renewal began. A new chapter in the story of the Jewish people.

Since then, the City of David has become the most extensively excavated biblical archaeological site in the world. In the City of David National Park, fascinating archaeological discoveries are made daily, revealing true wonders before our eyes.