KOTEL TUNNELS

sur réservation unique, mais permets de s'imprégner de l'histoire de la ville sans la foule présente en surface

The course: when we enter on the left we can see a model or we will discover 3 periods: the mount Moriah before the construction of the temple Hérodienne period, the first muslim period. After a short course in the underground, we arrive at the arch of Wilson. Charles Wilson was an English officer and engineer who made research in this region. The arch of original dates from the second temple. Having been destroyed, the current arch rests on the remains of the previous one. When we take the stairs, we descend towards the room hérodienne. It is an impressive room as well by its size and its beauty. Going up we arrive on an enormous room, or after a few metres we discover the virtual model of the second temple and its surrounding area based on the texts of the treaty of Midot. After visiting this model, we descend towards the Western wall to discover the most important stone where we found. It weighs 570 tons, long 14 metres wide 4 metres, the Romans did not succeed in destructive. Later, we arrive opposite the Holy Of Holies, it is the holiest place for the Jewish people. Later, we discover the street hérodienne whose fine was probably built by the son of Herod, Clinging III. After on the conduits of Asmonéens, we see water, we arrive to a pool of the roman era only a third of the surface area of the time. We leave this important place by a passage that was inaugurated when Binyamin Netanyaou was premier inn Eloul 5755 (September 1996), leading to Via Dolorosa (Chemin de Croix).
There is also possible reconsider its steps.