Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers

The Mûristân. The street running to the E. from the quadrangle of the Church of the Sepulchre leads after a few paces to the Mûristân (on the right), with the Church of the Redeemer. The whole building covers an area of about 170 yds. from E. to W., and 151 yds.  from N. to S.; the E. half was presented by the sultan to Prussia on the occasion of the visit of the Crown-Prince of Prussia to Constantinople in 1869.

Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers

Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers

Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers

From the point where the Christian Street joins the David Street (see above), we follow the latter westwards, towards the Jaffa Gate. To the right is the New Bazaar (PI. 4), a large stone building with shops fitted up on the European plan. A road along the E. side of the bazaar leads past the Greek Hospital, on the left (PI. 47), to the Casa Nuova.

Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers

The space in front of the Jaffa Gate is generally enlivened hy processions of arriving and departing pilgrims. The muleteers and horse-owners, Arab saddlers and farriers are generally posted outside the Jaffa Gate, and European shops have been built along each side of the road. On Friday and Sunday, the scene is especially lively, the Jaffa road being the favourite promenade of the natives.

Palestine and Syria:  Handbook for Travelers