Sultan's Pool
The Sultan's Pool (in ebraico בריכת הסולטאן?, Brechat HaSultan, Arabic: Birket es-Sultan) is an ancient water basin by the west side of Mount Zion, Jerusalem.
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Storia
The origins of the Sultan's Pool likely date to the time of Herod and some think it is the Snake pool mentioned by Josephus.[1] The water was fed into it via the lower aqueduct.[2] The Ottoman sultans (for whom the pool is named) enlarged it into a reservoir measuring 67 m × 169 m × 12 m. It was part of the water supply network for Jerusalem from antiquity to late Ottoman Empire times. During the Crusaders times, it was known as Lacus Germani.[3]
The Sultan's Pool is dry in summer and is used for concerts and festivals.[4]
Note
- ^ Sultan's pool, su jerusalem.muni.il, 20 gennaio 2011.
- ^ An Archaeological Excavation in Jerusalem Has Revealed:This is How They Filled The Sultan’s Pool With Water, su antiquities.org.il, 16 giugno 2009.
- ^ BIBLICAL RESEARCH. THE "LOWER POOL," JERUSALEM, The Independent, Volume 51, Issue 1, 1899
- ^ Go Jerusalem: The Sultan's pool, su gojerusalem.com.
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