King Herod (1st Cent BC) built three towers in the Citadel; for his 1) brother Phasael, 2) wife Mariamne 3) and friend Hippicus. Today, among the three, only the 'Phasael Tower' remains after Jerusalem was destroyed by Romans (70 AD). Almost 500 years later, when Byzantines conquered Jerusalem, they misidentified the area as Mount Zion and called the tower its alternative name - "the Tower of David." The title of "Tower of David" was later transferred to a minaret added in the Citadel between 1635 and 1655.
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