Sadly, if you haven't already gotten an eyeful of some of these gems, many of which date back to the time when the Turks ruled the roost here, you'd better get a move on. They are gradually disappearing, either through demolition or by being modified out of all recognition.
Still others are meeting different fates. On Sunday, the cabinet voted to transfer ownership of one of Jerusalem's most beloved historical sites, Sergei's Courtyard, to Moscow. The downtown complex, built in 1890 to house Russian pilgrims, presently houses offices of the Agriculture Ministry and the Jerusalem branch of the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel.
