Solomon’s Pools
Once part of an ancient waterway supplying water to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the fortress of Herodium (Jabal al-Fourdis) these three legendary pools are dated back to the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, with part of the construction occurring under Pontius Pilate. In 1617 the Turkish Sultan Suleiman Al-Qanouni built a small fortress known as the “Castle of the Pools” or “Murad Castle” to defend the water source and the commercial caravans between Jerusalem and Hebron.