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5 free things to see and do in Jerusalem

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The Western Wall and golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City. Jerusalem is best known for its multitude of holy sites, and its most famous shrines can be visited for free.

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The Mormon University building, one of Jerusalem's tourist destinations, is located on Mount Scopus.

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Ein Mabua spring in the Judean Desert, between Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Jericho. Beyond its earthly past, Jerusalem has an impossible beauty with broad appeal.

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The Western Wall and golden Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Visitors browse through the Mahane Yehuda Market, one of Jerusalem's free tourist attractions.

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The Montefiore Windmill in the Mishkenot Shaananim neighborhood in Jerusalem was constructed in 1860 by Sir Moshe Montefiore, a wealthy British Jew. Mishkenot Shaíananim was the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the Old City walls.

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No other city in the world exudes spirituality and inspires devotion like Jerusalem, home to important shrines of Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Virtually every stone of the walled fortress-like Old City seems to tell the story of a biblical figure or battle. But Jerusalem's impossible beauty has broad appeal beyond religion or history. For residents and tourists, secular or pious, city slickers or nature lovers, there is always an unexplored alleyway, corner or vista to show the city as you've never seen it before. And many of these sites are free.