Whenever I read Jerusalem I hear it being said by Patrick Stewart's King Richard from Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Also I keep reading Malasami as salami (not a complaint, just a comment).

I could see that working out...I wouldn't have it entirely abandoned though (at least not the temples/priesthood). Possibly large sections of the city still abandoned, and several previously less-attended temple complexes be fully abandoned (but also including one of the former main ones, so we can have a nice huge derelict temple complex)?