After dark, Jerusalem\u2019s stonework, history, and layered identity come into sharper focus. The Monuments Lighting Project continues to expand, offering a renewed way to experience the city not only by day, but through carefully designed light at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent weeks, lighting work has been completed on the fa\u00e7ade of the Jerusalem Theater in the Talbiya neighborhood and the Sisters of the Rosary Convent on Agron Street. The new illumination gives both sites a restored nighttime presence, revealing architectural details, stone lines, and historical depth that once faded into darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion notes that \u201cJerusalem is a city of light, culture, and thousands of years of history,\u201d adding that the project is part of a broader vision to turn the city into a compelling destination after dark. He says the initiative highlights the unique architectural and historical character of landmark buildings while deepening the visitor experience at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lighting has so far been installed at around 20 major sites across the city, including the Scottish Church, Beit Rothschild, Holy Trinity, the Great Synagogue, San Salvador, St. Louis, Mary Magdalene, the Russian Compound, the Redeemer, John the Baptist, the Windmill, YMCA, Absalom\u2019s Tomb, Sergei Courtyard, the Ophel, Augusta Victoria, and the Seven Arches. Each site uses precise lighting to emphasize its architectural features and historical identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project is led by the Jerusalem Municipality, in partnership with the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage and the Ministry of Tourism, through the Jerusalem Development Authority, and executed by PAMI \u2013 East Jerusalem Development Company.
Tzahi Namir, CEO of the Jerusalem Development Authority, says, \u201cWe continue to illuminate Jerusalem\u2019s stories,\u201d adding that every new site reveals another layer of the city\u2019s historical and architectural depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shimon Alboum, CEO of the Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage, emphasizes that \u201cJerusalem is the light of the world,\u201d saying the project is advancing rapidly, promoting high-quality tourism and connecting past and present, local and international dimensions of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional monuments are now in planning or execution stages, including Heichal Shlomo, the water tower in Kiryat Moshe, the Ministry of Education building at the Italian Hospital, Gorny Monastery in Ein Kerem, the Rockefeller Museum, the First Station\u2013Ramban complex, Khan Theater, the Schneller Compound\u2013Clock Building, Beit Mashiach in Bukharim, the Sephardic Synagogues, the American Colony Hotel, and Terra Sancta at Paris Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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