05.11.2011
Jerusalem, Israel
Like in New York and London – We also got “Houses from within”. So I took my girlfriend and we went for a walk around town. We saw several places, but the first was the best.
First we got mad for waiting in line, but we got over it: It was rainy so a lot of people from Tel Aviv didn’t come :-). We also remembered how we waited to get in to Gaudi houses in Barcelona – And we thought of ourselves as tourists in Jerusalem 🙂
The is called Jallet Villa, and it was built by Architect Spyro Houri Petasis in 1926 for the Christian Arab businessman, Elias Jallat and his wife Catherine. As it said “It boasts of facades garnished with Armenian tiles that were typical of construction during the British Mandate period in Jerusalem, in addition to red-white Moorish stone decorations on the ornate windows and in different places throughout the house.” It is now housed by Orthodox American that furnished with Art Deco collection.
It has historical value, because Peel Commission set here.
Take Care
Gad
Jallet Villa from outside
Jallet Villa from outside – a different view
The staircase to the side entrance
The arch in the living room
The Corridor in the first floor, watch the flooring
The work room in the first floor, amazing flooring
The flooring in a bedroom
The red toilet in the first floor
Another bedroom in the first floor
The entrance to the penthouse (4th floor)
An arch as the entrance to the bedroom at the penthouse
The penthouse from the penthouse terrace
The old rail and the new addition in the penthouse terrace
The penthouse toilets