Another of Jerusalem's Best Views from the YMCA (Video)

One of the best places to get a panoramic view of Jerusalem is to take the elevator at the YMCA to the top floor. There are four doors leading to balconies that will give you a 360-degree view. The historic building, with its elegant arches, domes, and 152-foot observation tower overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City and New City, is a designated city landmark. It was designed by Arthur Loomis Harmon, architect of the Empire State Building.

If you walk down the stairs from the top, just one floor, you will see there is a bell room housing 36 bells of different sizes, which together create the only bell carillon of its kind in the entire Middle East. The bells are made of bronze and they were cast in a London factory and assembled in the YMCA tower with the official consecration of the building in 1933. The biggest bell weighs 3,307 pounds and the smallest 18 pounds. The bell chamber was dedicated to King George the Fifth.

To watch the video recorded from the top of the YMCA, please click here.