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From turrets to towers

10/28/2011 18:41 By JOHN BENZAQUEN

The garden neighborhood of Talpiot became interesting from a real-estate perspective in the 1970s.

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Talpiot, a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the city, was founded in 1922 by European Jews. The name “Talpiot” has a double meaning in Hebrew. It can mean either “turreted” or “finely built” – a very ambitious name because finely built it was not. From its establishment until the 1950s, the area had a rather checkered existence. The early inhabitants were evacuated from Talpiot in the wake of the 1929 disturbances but later returned. Talpiot was considered a relatively safe place because it had the largest military camp in Palestine, the Allenby Camp.

With the end of the British Mandate in May 1948, a Hagana brigade launched Operation Kishon, a plan to seize all British strong points and defend Jerusalem against the attacks of the Jordanian Arab Legion. The army camp in Talpiot was one of the strategic sites captured in this operation.

After the 1948 war, Talpiot became a frontier neighborhood. This state of affairs continued until after the Six Day War. In the wake of the war, Israel conquered the surrounding area. New residential districts were established in the enclave formerly controlled by the United Nations. A large industrial zone was set up in the area, and many of the businesses that were previously located in Mamilla, which was being developed as a tourist and residential area, were relocated to Talpiot.

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From turrets to towers

The garden neighborhood of Talpiot became interesting from a real-estate perspective in the 1970s.

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