A PILLBOX SOMETIMES IS MORE THAN JUST A PILLBOX

You probably thought a pillbox was just a round container for storing pills. During British rule of Palestine under the British Mandate, they constructed circular concrete watchtowers with steel doors and gun slits at important junctions all over the country to suppress the Arab Revolts from 1936-39. Three of these “pillboxes” still stand in Jerusalem.

The pillbox on Hebron Road between Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and the Talpiyot neighborhood

The pillbox on Hebron Road between Kibbutz Ramat Rachel and the Talpiyot neighborhood

The pillbox at the junction of Emek Rephaim and Pierre Koenig where the Greek Colony, Katamon and Mekor Haim neighborhoods intersect

The pillbox at the junction of Emek Rephaim and Pierre Koenig where the Greek Colony, Katamon and Mekor Haim neighborhoods intersect

The pillbox at the junction of Azza, Herzog and Tchernichovsky streets where the Rechavia and Kiryat Shmuel neighborhoods intersect

The pillbox at the junction of Azza, Herzog and Tchernichovsky streets where the Rechavia and Kiryat Shmuel neighborhoods intersect

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