Jerusalem Old City Walls, Jerusalem, Israel
Suleiman the Magnificent built these walls in the 1530s on foundations that include Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader stonework. Inside: one square kilometer, four quarters, and somewhere north of 40 changes of political control over 3,000 years. The walls are the arrival — everything that follows happens within them. © AMERICAN COLONY, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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