Mughrabi Quarter Digital Archive

Mughrabi Quarter Demolition 10 June 1967. Photo: Dan Hadani Archive, The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, National Library of Israel.

Mughrabi Quarter Digital Archive

The Mughrabi Quarter of Jerusalem was wiped off the face of the map by the State of Israel in 1967, but it remains intact – albeit in miniature – as part of the Illés Relief of Jerusalem (1873), an extraordinary topographic simulacrum of the Old City. The Illés Relief will soon be made available online to a global audience – in the form of an interactive digital replica – for unhindered investigation and exploration. This recording has great intrinsic value as it serves to digitally preserve a rare historical artefact of outstanding universal cultural value and now enables us to investigate Illés’ sources, materials used, and the degree of exactitude that was praised at the time of its completion. A digital archive of the Mughrabi Quarter will soon be website available and a 3D replica is underway.

Mughrabi Quarter View, c. 1900. Photo : Source Unknown