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tower of david northeast tower wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 herodian towers 1 2 byzantine name tower of david 1 3 early muslim mihrab dawud tradition 1 4 citadel extension 2 description 3 gallery 4 see also 5 references toggle the table of contents tower of david northeast tower 3 languages español македонски nederlands edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 31 46 33 9 n 35 13 40 93 e 31 776083 n 35 2280361 e 31 776083 35 2280361 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia tower in jerusalem tower of david the phasael or hippicus tower tower of david location within old city of jerusalem 31 46 33 9 n 35 13 40 93 e 31 776083 n 35 2280361 e 31 776083 35 2280361 type tower location old jerusalem history built 1st century bce site notes material stone public access yes 1865 ordnance survey of jerusalem 1936 survey of palestine the citadel with david s tower labelled in the 1865 and 1936 the label tower of david is now commonly used to refer to the ottoman minaret on the south west side of the citadel shown as a small red circle on the 1936 map the three towers phasael hippicus and mariamne as part of the jerusalem city model from the israel museum jerusalem tower of david is a historical name given to the northeast tower of the citadel of jerusalem 1 it has been identified as a herodian structure either the phasael tower or the hippicus tower described by the ancient jewish historian josephus 1 2 history edit herodian towers edit the towers named phasael hippicus and mariamne were situated in the northwest corner of the so called first wall the hasmonean and herodian city wall protecting the western hill of jerusalem they were situated close to where the jaffa gate is today and were built by herod the great at the same time he built his immediately adjacent royal palace these towers protected the main entrance to the city as well as the palace constituting a potential last refuge for the king all three towers have vanished except for the base of the hippicus or phasael tower upon which the present tower of david rests the towers were named by herod after his brother phasael his friend hippicus who had fallen in battle and his favourite wife mariamne when the city was razed in ad 70 all three towers were left standing in order to show off the strength of the fortifications the roman army had to overcome 3 caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the entire city and temple but should leave as many of the towers standing as were of the greatest eminence that is phasael and hippicus and mariamme and so much of the wall as enclosed the city on the west side this wall was spared in order to afford a camp for such as were to lie in garrison as were the towers also spared in order to demonstrate to posterity what kind of city it was and how well fortified which the roman valour had subdued 4 with time though only one of herod s towers survived either the phasael tower or according to some including archaeologist hillel geva who excavated the citadel the hippicus tower 1 5 byzantine name tower of david edit during the byzantine period the remaining tower and by extension the citadel as a whole acquired its alternative name the tower of david after the byzantines mistakenly identifying the hill as mount zion presumed it to be david s palace mentioned in 2 samuel 5 11 11 1 27 16 22 early muslim mihrab dawud tradition edit in medieval times muslim arabs called the gate next to the tower bab mihrab dawud or gate of david s chamber or sanctuary on the belief that the room atop the herodian tower stump represented the private chamber or prayer room of prophet dawud king david which is specifically mentioned in the quran surah 38 sad ayah 21 6 7 citadel extension edit the citadel was gradually built up under muslim and crusader rule and acquired the basis of its present shape in 1310 under the mamluk sultan malik al nasir suleiman the magnificent later constructed the monumental gateway in the east that you enter through today the minaret a prominent jerusalem landmark was added between 1635 and 1655 and took over the title of tower of david in the nineteenth century so that the name can now refer to either the whole citadel or the minaret alone description edit of the original tower itself some sixteen courses of the original stone ashlars can still be seen rising from ground level upon which further courses of smaller stones were added in a later period which significantly increased its height on the way up a terrace overlooking the citadel excavations has plaques identifying the different periods of all the remains these include part of the hasmonean city wall a roman cistern and the ramparts of the umayyad citadel which held out for five weeks before falling to the crusaders in 1099 from the top of the tower there are good views over the excavations inside the citadel and out to the old city as well as into the distance south and west gallery edit southern outer wall the tower from northeast the tower and medieval glacis from northeast the tower and the moat separating it from the city the citadel inner view with the ancient tower on the left small section with flags see also edit phasael disambiguation tower of david disambiguation references edit 1 2 3 hillel geva 1981 the tower of david phasael or hippicus israel exploration journal 31 1 2 israel exploration society 57 65 jstor 27925783 denys pringle 2009 jerusalem no 115 citadel or david s tower secular buildings in the crusader kingdom of jerusalem an archaeological gazetteer cambridge university press p 55 isbn 9780521102636 retrieved 27 september 2015 josephus the jewish war 7 1 1 josephus the jewish war 7 1 1 archaeologist h geva proposes that the tower of david be identified with josephus s hippicus tower hillel geva ph d has excavated the citadel is director of the israel exploration society and currently edits and publishes the reports for the jewish quarter excavations in the old city of jerusalem the identification with the hippicus tower was already proposed by 19th century biblical scholar e r robinson and by james turner barclay a view opposed by other 19th early 20th century scholars such as j fergusson thomas lewin conrad schick g a smith c warren and c r conder who held that the tower of david should be identified with the phasael tower based on its size quran compared translations surah 38 sad ayah 21 alim org retrieved 2024 06 13 ellenblum ronnie 2016 frankish castles muslim castles and the medieval citadel of jerusalem in laudem hierosolymitani studies in crusades and medieval culture in honour of benjamin z kedar routledge isbn 9781351928243 retrieved 18 december 2017 the testimonies of the tenth century muslim geographers identify the tower itself with the prayer place of king david mihrab dawud that was mentioned in the qur an 9 at the top is a construction which resembles a room and that is the mihrab note 9 qur an xxxviii 21 they ascended over the wall into the upper chamber mihrab when they went in unto david retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title tower_of_david_ northeast_tower oldid 1378200484 categories towers classical sites in jerusalem medieval sites in jerusalem establishments in the herodian kingdom archaeological sites in 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