The great fortress above us is the fortress of King Herod the Great, in time it was called the fortress of David. If you follow the version of the Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov in his novel master and Margarita, he describes Pilate's trial of Jesus in this fortress in the citadel of King Herod the Great. Another Russian writer Bunin stayed at the hotel Petra which is directly above us. Another Russian American writer Nabokov was going to visit Jerusalem and stay at the hotel Bathsheba the former Imperial hotel but unfortunately in Jerusalem the writer has never been. Imperial was built in the late 19th century as the most luxurious hotel in the old town.