Where is pisgat zeev

Inbal Jerusalem Hotel m. Darna Restaurant m. Jacko's Street Restaurant m. Hatzot Restaurant m. Gabriel Restaurant m. Gabriela Restaurant m. The Jerusalem Tourism Map: Print. Be in the know with GoJerusalem weekly newsletter. The Hebrew University campus on Mt. Scopus is located nearby, as is the Hadassah University Hospital on Mt. Scopus and the hi-tech industrial park at Har Hotzvim.

The five-star Hyatt Hotel is located in the nearby French Hill neighborhood. We also have a number of well-developed community services, including 15 elementary, junior high and high schools, a modern shopping mall, a Neighborhood Administration, and a Community Center for cultural and social activities.

Sort by:. Exclusive listing For Sale. Shlomi Elmaliach. Exclusive listing For Sale Luxury Properties. Exclusive listing For Sale Sold. Exclusive listing For Sale Open House. The forest contains a number of interesting sites of historic and archeological importance that have been deemed worthy of preservation, and some of which have been developed in recent years.

The entire forest area was thoroughly surveyed by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the s and s as part of a comprehensive archeological review of the Jerusalem region. As eight grape-trampling sites were found within the confines of the forest, we may assume that the area was once planted with a large number of vineyards.

Also found were the remains of four limekilns in which limestone was burned in ancient times to produce lime for plaster for the interior of cisterns and other construction work. The remains of ancient highways connecting the watershed area where the Jerusalem-Ramallah road runs today with the desert region have also been found. Close by the trail two cisterns were discovered, which may possibly have been used by passers-by and may have formed part of the roadside services common in antiquity.

Burial caves have also been found in the forest: two were empty and others that were discovered are now concealed under present-day buildings or roads. Community forests are becoming increasingly important throughout the world, both as green belts around urban areas and as a vital environmental resource that improves the quality of life for city residents.

These forests are generally located immediately adjacent to cities and primarily serve the needs of the nearby communities. Community forests provide enormous benefits, from a venue for a quiet evening stroll beyond the noisy city confines and the introduction of nature and its rhythms to urban life, to reduced pollution and a possible improvement in the mental and physical health of local residents. These forests are a powerful tool that helps city dwellers to maintain links with nature and contributes to the social fabric of urban life.

In at an active workshop, residents of Pisgat Zeev and Neveh Yaakov, together with the local community authorities and KKL-JNF, formulated their vision for the forest that would serve them as a blueprint for the various stages of development and conservation activity designed to improve life for the community as a whole. In the gully, on a site once occupied by a stone quarry, a memorial has been established in memory of thirty-seven paratroopers who belonged to a special unit drafted from the Palmach in to fight against Nazi forces in Europe.

In , its members were parachuted into Europe in order to save groups of Jews, and seven of them were killed by the Nazis in their attempts to carry out their mission. Fighting to conserve the forest. As the forest is small and the Pisgat Zeev and Neveh Yaakov neighborhoods are constantly growing and developing, the woodland is under a great deal of pressure.

The local residents launched a campaign to save the forest, which is the only green belt area in north-east Jerusalem that serves the Neveh Yaakov and Pisgat Zeev communities. In , the forest was awarded official status as open and wooded land, and it is now vital to do everything possible to ensure that it is conserved and that no attempt is made to cut down the trees. There are a number of routes through the forest - A short route marked in red: This route begins at the Wildflower Nature Reserve see below , from which we descend a flight of steps and a convenient path amid young pine trees.

If we are lucky, we shall catch a glimpse of hyraxes among the rocks. On the way back, we can either follow the same route as before or ascend for some meters southwards along the riverbed, through shady woodland, in the direction of Moshe Dayan Street.