After tours today, we walked into the Old City to exchange money at Aladeen, picked up a few fruits and vegetables at Cosco, then walked up the Kings' Trail to the Jerusalem Center.
Near the top of Kings Highway below the Jerusalem Center, looking west. Hebrew University is on the right and the Jerusalem Center is on the left. This park has olive and pistachio trees. Mayor Teddy Kolleck wanted to surround Jerusalem with parks like this.
Olive tree is just inside the front gate to the Jerusalem Center.
It was transplanted from Galilee and is 600 - 1000 years old. It died a few years after it was transplanted, but the roots were alive and produced new trees around the perimeter of the trunk.
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