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Site Name
The Cardo


Period

Roman-Byzantine
Description
The Cardo, the main road of the Christian-Byzantine city Aelia Capitolina, was an attempt to obliterate any remaining evidence of ancient Jerusalem and the Jews who lived there. The reconstructed Menorah (candelabra), the symbol of the State of Israel, has been positioned there.
Address
The Cardo in the Jewish Quarter
Telephone
For details: 02-6265900 Ext 102
Entrance Fee (NIS)
Free
Visiting Hours
The roofed Cardo and the commercial center:
Sunday-Thursday: 8 AM – 6 PM
Friday: 8 AM – 4 PM
The open Cardo: The site is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Handicapped Access
Convenient
How to reach the site

Parking: Mount Zion car park, the Jewish Quarter car park, the Karta (Mamila) car park adjacent to the Jaffa Gate. Public Transport: Egged bus lines: 38 (minibus) to the Jewish Quarter car park, or line 1,2 to the Western Wall

The Site List
The Western Wall
The ‘Hurva’ Synagogue
The Herodian Quarter Museum
The ‘Burnt House’ - Katros’ House
The City of David
The Israelite Tower
 
“Ariel” – The Center of the History of the First Temple
The Broad Wall
The Cardo
The Temple Institute
 
Museum of the Old Yishuv Courtyard
The Ophal
The Monument – Communal grave of the defenders of the Jewish Quarter
The Ramban Synagogue
Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue
 
The Four Sephardic Synagogues
The Keraite Synagogue
The Garden of Resurrection
The Memorial to the Defenders of the Jewish Quarter
Batei Mahse
The Nea Church