In the depths of the Old City..
Israel
Jerusalem
The Old City
The Old City of Jerusalem is a 0.35 sq.miles walled area and until 1860 this area constituted the entire city of Jerusalem. The Old City is home to several sites that reflect important features of the political and religious history of the many ethnic groups that reside and claim the originality of the historic sity. Among them are The Wailing Wall and The Temple Mount for the Jews, The Dome Of The Rock and Al-Aksa Mosque for the Muslims and The Basilica Of The Holy Sepulchre for the Christians. Today, The Old City is roughly divided into the Muslims Quarter, The Christian Quarter, The Jewish Quarter and The Armenian Quarter.
Whether official Israeli Territory or Occupied Palestinian Territory, in the maze of the interminable tiny streets of its Medina a crowd of traders eternally swirls keeping the Holy City alive through the ages proving that what people really want is peace and security especially for the young generations to come..
Many parts and areas of the Medina are extremely picturesque with old temples, decorated arches and old samples of islamic and jewish art as the photo shows.
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Ken Piros 03/01/2015 15:33
Good use of lines to guide us along this walk among the shops. We feel a part of the scene !Lawson McCulloch 30/12/2014 21:14
Immediately I felt you taking us back in time with this wonderful shot of the very narrow street.best wishes,
Lawson
s. sabine krause 30/12/2014 9:39
steps of gray ginger-bread-like cobblestone, a descent into sacred realms of gold… it suddenly strikes me that if this were a computer game, it would be the much sought-after gate to another, more divine level, to cross borders, to enter fairy-tales, to complete quests, to break spells, to be allowed access to perfect worlds and to finally be saved – i guess it's an age-old yearning that makes us human… just as old as the ancient city of jerusalem itself! what a powerful image this is, alexander!! greetings, sabine.adriana lissandrini 28/12/2014 22:58
framing, light, many details, perspcetive ... all made perfectly!cari saluti Adriana
Adele D. Oliver 28/12/2014 22:15
splendid with this light and somewhat mysteriousmood ... great view towards the shop and life
going on at the end, congratulations !!!
New Years Greetings,
Adele
Vitória Castelo Santos 28/12/2014 21:05
It`s a great pictureRegards
Vitoria
Inez Correia Marques 28/12/2014 18:29
Very beautiful Alexanderwonderful light in this little part of the world
Nils Rosenthal 28/12/2014 17:32
A scene like from a picture book! Great light management. I think I would have worked a bit on the tilt though. No question about it - a great picture.Nils
Harold Thompson 28/12/2014 17:08
Good work with the editing to bring out the colour key elementHave a good year 2015
:-)) Harold
Sue Thompson 28/12/2014 15:32
This is superb, your management of the light as it filters in from outside over those wonderful old cobbles is perfect. all of the boxes of oods or sale and that Lady in silhouette lead us perfectly to the end of the alley and across to that beautiful gateway.:))
SINA 28/12/2014 12:01
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