Lions Fountain, Jerusalem

Lions Fountain is a fountain located in a park in the Yemin Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel.

Lions fountain

The bronze and gold-plated, sculpted fountain was designed by the German sculptor Gernot Rumpf. It was installed in 1989.[1][2]

The fountain is a popular summertime waterplay space for Jerusalem's children.[3]

John Lyman's 2009 thriller, God's Lion concludes with the protagonist landing a helicopter alongside the Fountain.[4]

Sabil of Sulayman the Magnificent

Fountains are as important as other monuments because they shed light on the political structure, architectural structure, technology and art of the time[5]. According to the teachings of the Qur'an, the Sabils were built as a measure of goodwill during the reign of the Sultan Sulayman I[6]. One of the fountains made during the period of Sultan Sulayman I. was the fountain of Sulayman. The fountain, which was built by Sultan Sulayman in about 1537AD and named after the Sultan, is also known as Sabil Bab al-‘Attim[7]. According to the inscription of Sulayman fountain, it was the fourth fountain that was made among the other fountains in the time of Sulayman I[8]. The Fountain Sultan Sulayman I is located on the northern part of the Haram al-Sharif enclave and south side of Bab al-‘Attim and next to the Bab al-Hitta[9] and in the same place with Sabil Qasim Pasha. During the period of Sultan Sulayman, the public fountains were built to provide water to the residents and pilgrims of the city, as a proof of that, the Fountain of Sulayman was built as ablution fountain[10]. Moreover, the Fountain of Sulayman is accepted as an aqueduct and it has been a freestanding[11] structure.

The Architecture of Sabil of Sulayman the Magnificent

The fountain of Sulayman consists of a block that forms a rectangular wall it’s decorated with white malaki stone. The base of the building is located below the ground level of masjid al- Aqsa to flow water from the near channel to the fountain[12]. This fountain also has a mihrab, but the mihrab has a rather plain appearance that is not decorated[13], on the contrary, there are small carved ornaments in front of the columns extending from both sides, also It has a square-shaped counter called Mastaba to the north of the Sabil. The Fountain has a carved niche with an inscription that testifies that Sultan Suleiman "ordered the building of this blessed fountain[14].

See also
  • Israeli art
  • National parks of Israel

References
  1. "Lion's Fountain". Jerusalem Municipality. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  2. Gorys, Erhard (2006). Heiliges Land: ein 10 000 Jahre altes Kulturland zwischen Mittelmeer, Rotem Meer und Jordan. DuMont Reiseverlag. p. 139.
  3. "Lion Fountain". Playscapes. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. Lyman, John (2009). God's Lions: The Secret Chapel. ISBN 1625174373. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. Assetto, Anthony; Hobbs, Cassidy; Lessard, Joshua (March 2010). "Ottoman Sabils of Jerusalem". Judith Bing–Associate Professor Drexel University: 105.
  6. Assetto, Anthony; Hobbs, Cassidy; Lessard, Joshua; Bing, Judith (March 2010). "Ottoman Sabils of Jerusalem". Judith Bing–Associate Professor Drexel University: 105.
  7. https://madainproject.com/fountains_in_jerusalem. Retrieved 2020-04-15. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. http://web.i2ud.org/jerusalem/priv/html3/monuments/sites/t168_sabil_bab-alatm/index.html. Retrieved 2020-04-15. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. http://web.i2ud.org/jerusalem/priv/html3/monuments/sites/t168_sabil_bab-alatm/index.html. Retrieved 2020-04-15. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. Assetto, Anthony; Hobbs, Cassidy; Lessard, Joshua (10 March 2010). "Ottoman Sabils of Jerusalem". Drexel University: 105.
  11. Sasson, Avraham (2012). "SABILS (WATER FOUNTAINS) OF JERUSALEM FROM THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Sabil of Sulayman". Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  13. "Sabil of Sulayman". Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  14. https://projects.jerusalemfoundation.org/heritage/preservation/sabil-of-suleiman-the-magnificent.aspx. Retrieved 2020-04-15. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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