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Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Neighborhoods

Major thoroughfares

* Bethlehem Road (part of

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) * Hebron Road-King David Street-Bar-Lev Boulevard * Begin Expressway * Ben Yehuda Street *

Emek Refaim Emek Refaim ( he, עמק רפאים, English language, English: Valley of Ghosts) is the German Colony, Jerusalem, German Colony, a neighborhood in Jerusalem, as well as its main street. It takes its name from the biblical Valley of Rephaim w ...

Street * Golomb-Herzog-Ben-Zvi Boulevard * Herzl Boulevard *

Jaffa Road Jaffa Road ( he, רחוב יפו, Rehov Yaffo; ar, شارع يافا) is one of the longest and oldest major streets in Jerusalem. It crosses the city from east to west, from the Old City walls to downtown Jerusalem, the western portal of Jer ...

* King George Street *

Gaza Street Gaza Street or Gaza Road ( he, דרך עזה - ''Derech Aza'') is a main street in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. History The street is named ''Gaza Street'' because it was built on a part of the historical road from Jaffa Gate of the ...

* Keren HaYesod Street * Yigael Yadin Boulevard

Landmarks

American Colony American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

* Begin Center *

Chords Bridge The Chords Bridge ( he, גשר המיתרים, ''Gesher HaMeitarim''), also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem. The structure was designed by the Spanish architect and eng ...

* David's Citadel *

Jerusalem YMCA Jerusalem International YMCA is a YMCA branch in Jerusalem established in the early twentieth century. History In 1924, Archibald Clinton Harte, General Secretary of the International YMCA, raised the sum of one million dollars towards the const ...

* Jerusalem War Memorial * Montefiore Windmill * Mormon University, Mt. Scopus *

Russian Compound The Russian Compound ( he, מִגְרַשׁ הָרוּסִים, ''Migraš ha-Rusim'', ar, المسكوبية, ''al-Muskubīya'', russian: Русское подворье в Иерусалиме) is one of the oldest districts in central Jer ...

Safra Square Safra or SAFRA may refer to: People (surname) * Alberto J. Safra (born 1979/1980), Brazilian banker *Edmond Safra (1932–1999), Syrian-Brazilian banker *Jacob Safra (1891–1963), Syrian banker *Jacqui Safra (born 1948), Swiss investor and actor ...

Tolerance Monument The Tolerance Monument (Hebrew פסל הסובלנות) is an outdoor sculpture located in a park near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem. History The monument was designed by Polish sculptor Czesław Dźwigaj, known for his religious art, in colla ...

Yad Kennedy Yad Kennedy ( he, יד קנדי, Kennedy Memorial ), located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The memorial is ...

Yad Vashem Yad Vashem ( he, יָד וַשֵׁם; literally, "a memorial and a name") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; honoring Jews who fought against th ...

Teddy Fountain Teddy Park, also known as Teddy Kollek Park, is a public park situated opposite Jerusalem's Old City and David's Citadel, and integrated with the Hutzot HaYotzer Artists complex in the Mitchell Parks & Gardens. The park was developed by the Jerus ...

Parks

Ammunition Hill Ammunition Hill ( he, גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, ''Giv'at HaTahmoshet'') was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site o ...

Independence Park Independence Park may refer to: * Independence Park Botanic Gardens, a botanical garden in Baton Rouge, Louisiana * Independence Park (Charlotte, North Carolina), a park in Charlotte, North Carolina * Independence Park (Chicago), a park in Chicag ...

* Jerusalem Botanical Gardens * Gilo Park * HaMifletzet Park (Monster Park) with

Niki de Saint Phalle Niki de Saint Phalle (; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French-American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books. Widely noted as one of the few female monume ...

's ''Golem'' * Liberty Bell Park * Nayot Park *

Peace Forest Peace forest is a forest in South - Southeast Jerusalem, Israel, between the Abu Tor neighbourhood and the Sherover Promenade. The Peace Forest was planted on a site identified with the biblical Azal river mentioned in the book of Zechariah (Z ...

Ramat Denya Ramat Denya (Hebrew: רמת דניה) (lit. "Denya Heights") is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem. It was established in 1970 between Kiryat Hayovel and Bayit Vegan, 780 meters above sea level. Denya was the name of the development company tha ...

Park *

Sacher Park Sacher Park (Hebrew: גן סאקר) is the largest public park in the center of Jerusalem,Sherover Promenade *

Train Track Park Train Track Park ( he, פארק המסילה, ''Park HaMesila'') is a rail trail urban park in West Jerusalem. Featuring of walking and biking trails, the park follows the route of the original Jaffa–Jerusalem railway from the Jerusalem Rail ...

Valley of the Cross The Valley of the Cross ( he, עמק המצלבה Emek Hamatzlevah) is a valley in western Jerusalem, named after the Monastery of the Cross which is located in the valley. The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King ...

Wohl Rose Garden Wohl Rose Park (Hebrew: גן הוורדים, ''Gan HaVradim'') is a public garden in Givat Ram, Jerusalem, located opposite the Knesset and government precinct, at the foot of the Israeli Supreme Court. The park was established in 1981. Over 400 ...

Ancient tombs

Cave of the Ramban The Cave of the Ramban is located in the southern cliff of the Upper Kidron Valley, on a slope descending into the Arab neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, Jerusalem. It is believed by some to be the traditional burial place of Nahmanides (also known as R ...

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Garden Tomb The Garden Tomb ( he, גן הקבר) is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem, which was unearthed in 1867 and is considered by some Protestants to be the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus. The tomb has been dated by Israeli archaeologist G ...

* Herod Family Tomb *

Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...

Jason's Tomb Jason's Tomb (Hebrew: ''kever Yason'') is a rock-cut tombs, rock-cut tomb dating to the first century Common Era, BCE in the Hasmonean period, discovered in the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. It has been identified as the burial site ...

Tomb of Absalom The Tomb of Absalom (), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, a few metres from the Tomb of Zechariah and the Tomb of Benei Hezir. Although traditionall ...

Tomb of Simeon the Just The Tomb of Simeon the Just or Simeon the Righteous ( he, קבר שמעון הצדיק; translit. ''Kever Shimon haTzadik'') is an ancient tomb in Jerusalem. According to scholarly consensus, based on an ''in situ'' inscription, it is the 2nd-ce ...

Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi (Arabic: قبر النبيا Qubur El Anbiyya, lit. "Grave (of) The Prophets"; Hebrew: מערת הנביאים, "Cave of the Prophets") is an ancient burial site located on the upper western s ...

Tomb of the Virgin Mary ; hy, Սուրբ Մարիամ Աստվածածնի գերեզման), is a Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley – at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem – believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Je ...

Tomb of Zechariah The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument in Jerusalem that is considered in Jewish tradition to be the tomb of Zechariah ben Jehoiada. It is a few meters from the Tomb of Absalom and adjacent to the Tomb of Benei Hezir. Architectural ...

* Tombs of the Kings *

Tombs of the Sanhedrin Tombs of the Sanhedrin ( he, קברי הסנהדרין, ''Kivrei HaSanhedrin''), also Tombs of the Judges, is an underground complex of 63 rock-cut tombs located in a public park in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sanhedria. Built in the ...

Caves, tunnels and quarries

* Siloam Tunnel *

Warren's Shaft Warren's Shaft is a vertical shaft next to the Gihon Spring, the main source of water of Bronze and Iron Age Jerusalem, discovered in 1867 by British engineer and archaeologist, Sir Charles Warren (1840–1927). The term is currently used in eit ...

Zedekiah's Cave Zedekiah's Cave—also called Solomon's Quarries—is a underground meleke limestone quarry that runs the length of five city blocks under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was carved over a period of several thousand years ...

Museums

Israel Museum The Israel Museum ( he, מוזיאון ישראל, ''Muze'on Yisrael'') is an art and archaeological museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and one of the world’s leading encyclopa ...

– the national museum of Israel **

Shrine of the Book The Shrine of the Book ( he, היכל הספר, ''Heikhal HaSefer'') is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others. History The building was construct ...

Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem The Bible Lands Museum ( he, מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים, ar, متحف بلدان الكتاب) is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient ...

Bloomfield Science Museum Bloomfield Science Museum is a science museum in Jerusalem, established in 1992. The museum is located opposite the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the Givat Ram neighborhood. The museum is named for its principal donor, Neri Bloomfield. The ...

Herzl Museum The Herzl Museum is a museum in Jerusalem, which deals with activities and vision of Theodor Herzl. The museum is located at the main entrance plaza to Mount Herzl. History Shortly after Herzl's death, the Anglo–Palestine Bank acquired about ...

* Jerusalem Tax Museum * L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art *

Museum on the Seam Museum on the Seam is a socio-political contemporary art museum in Jerusalem, Israel. About the museum Founded in 1999, Museum on the Seam is housed in a neo-classical building designed by Andoni Baramki, a Palestinian Arab architect who built it ...

* Museum of Italian Jewish Art *

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

Rockefeller Museum The Rockefeller Archeological Museum, formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum ("PAM"; 1938–1967), and which before then housed The Imperial Museum of Antiquities (''Müze-i Hümayun''; 1901–1917), is an archaeology museum A museum ...

of Archeology; now administered as part of the Israel Museum * Siebenberg House – private archaeology museum in the Old City *

Ticho House Ticho House ( he, בית טיכו, ''Beit Tikho'') is a historical home in Jerusalem, now a museum administered as part of the Israel Museum. It was one of the first homes built outside the Old City walls in the 19th century. History Ticho Hou ...

; now administered as part of the Israel Museum *

Tower of David The Tower of David ( he, מגדל דוד, Migdál Davíd), also known as the Citadel ( ar, القلعة, al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates t ...

Museum of the History of Jerusalem *

Holocaust Museum

Hospitals

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ALYN Hospital ALYN Hospital ( he, בית חולים אלין) is a comprehensive rehabilitation center for physically challenged and disabled children, adolescents and young adults, located in Jerusalem. ALYN Hospital is a private, nonprofit facility and treat ...

Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center *

Augusta Victoria Hospital Augusta Victoria Compound is a church-hospital complex on the northern side of Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem and one of six hospitals in the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network. The compound was built in 1907–1914 by the Empress Augusta Vi ...

Bikur Cholim Hospital Bikur Cholim Hospital ( he, בית החולים ביקור חולים) was a 200-bed general hospital in West Jerusalem, established in the 19th century and closed due to financial difficulties in the second decade of the 21st century. Until then, ...

* Hadassah hospital (Mount Scopus) * Hadassah hospital (Ein Kerem) * Herzog Hospital (Ezrat Nashim) *

Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center ( he, בית החולים כפר שאול), established in 1951, is an Israeli public psychiatric hospital located between Givat Shaul and Har Nof, Jerusalem. It is affiliated with the Hadassah Medical Center and th ...

Misgav Ladach Misgav Ladach ( he, מִשְׂגָּב לַדָּךְ) is a hospital in Katamon, Jerusalem that belongs to Kupat Holim Meuhedet, Israel's third largest HMO. Etymology The name of the hospital, literally "refuge for the suffering," derives from Ps ...

(now a Kupat Holim diagnostic center) *

Al-Quds University Hospital Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

(Al-Maqasid) *

Shaare Zedek Medical Center The Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( he, מרכז רפואי שערי צדק, ''Merkaz Refu'i Sha'arei Tzedek'') (lit. "Gates of Justice") is a large teaching hospital in Jerusalem established in 1902, It affiliated with Hebrew University of Jerusal ...

* St. John Ophthalmic Hospital * St. Joseph Hospital * French Hospice

Hotels

* Agripas Boutique Hotel *

Hotel * Mount of Olives Hotel *

King David Hotel The King David Hotel ( he, מלון המלך דוד, Malon ha-Melekh David; ar, فندق الملك داود) is a 5-star hotel in Jerusalem and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Opened in 1931, the hotel was built with locally qua ...

David Citadel Hotel The David Citadel Hotel ( he, מָלוֹן מֽצוּדָת דָּוִד, ') is a luxury hotel on King David Street in Jerusalem, across the street from the Mamilla Mall. It has hosted VIPs, global political leaders, business moguls and celebrities ...

Jerusalem Gate Hotel The Jerusalem Gate Hotel is a hotel located at the western entrance to Jerusalem, Israel. The hotel is attached to the shopping mall, Centre One. The hotel was constructed in 1988 by Heftsiba. In April 2006, the hotel was bought by American ...

* Jerusalem Plaza Hotel * Inbal Hotel * Jerusalem Pearl Hotel * Three Arches Hotel * Mount Zion Hotel * Ramada Renaissance Hotel * Little House in Bakah * Scottish Guesthouse
Prima Royale hotel

Prima Kings hotel
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Dan Panorama Hotel Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivo ...

Ramat Rachel Ramat Rachel or Ramat Raḥel ( he, רָמַת רָחֵל, ''lit.'' Rachel's Heights) is a kibbutz located in central Israel. An enclave within Jerusalem's municipal boundaries and overlooking Bethlehem and Rachel's Tomb (for which the kibbutz is ...

Hotel * Seven Arches Hotel * The Olive Tree Hotel * Lev Yerushalayim Hotel

Government institutions

Bank of Israel The Bank of Israel ( he, בנק ישראל, ar, بنك إسرائيل) is the central bank of Israel. The bank's headquarters is located in Kiryat HaMemshala in Jerusalem with a branch office in Tel Aviv. The current governor is Amir Yaron. T ...

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

– the Israeli parliament *

Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme C ...

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges

Al-Quds University Al-Quds University ( ar, جامعة القدس) is a Palestinian university with campuses in Jerusalem, Abu Dis, al-Bireh, and Hebron. Overview The idea of establishing an institution of higher learning in the outskirts of Jerusalem was con ...

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest ...

* Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center - University owned by

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

Jerusalem College of Engineering Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem ( he, עזריאלי-המכללה להנדסה ירושלים) is an Israeli public academic college that trains engineers. It is located in the Ramat Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem, between Jerusa ...

Jerusalem College of Technology The Jerusalem College of Technology - Lev Academic Center (JCT; he, המרכז האקדמי לב) is a private college in Israel, recognized by the Council for Higher Education, which specializes in providing high-level science and technology ed ...

About the Jerusalem College of Technology
* L'Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise * David Yellin Teachers' College * Emuna College * Hadassah School of Medicine * Hadassah College *

Hebrew Union College Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

Yeshivas

Ateret Cohanim Ateret Cohanim ( he, עמותת עטרת כהנים ''lit.'', "Crown of the Priests"), also Ateret Yerushalayim, is an Israeli Jewish organization with a yeshiva located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It supports the creatio ...

Beit El Synagogue Beit El Kabbalist yeshiva (Beit El means "House of God") (also: ''Midrash Hasidim'' 'School of the Devout' or ''Yeshivat haMekubalim, Yeshiva of the Kabbalists') is a center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem. Today it consists of two buildings, o ...

, for

Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), ...

students of

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "rece ...

Brisk yeshivas The Soloveitchik dynasty of rabbinic scholars and their students originated the Brisker method of Talmudic study, which is embraced by their followers in the Brisk yeshivas. It is so called because of the Soloveitchiks' origin in the town of Bri ...

Conservative Yeshiva The Conservative Yeshiva is a co-educational institute for study of traditional Jewish texts in Jerusalem. The yeshiva was founded in 1995, and is under the academic auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The current Roshei Yes ...

* Kol Torah Yeshiva *

Lakewood East Lakewood East, officially Beth Medrash Govoha of America in Eretz Yisroel (בית מדרש גבוה דאמריקא בארץ ישראל), is a yeshiva in Jerusalem headed by Rabbi Yaakov Eliezer Schwartzman, son of Rabbi Dov Schwartzman and the el ...

(Israeli branch of

Lakewood yeshiva Beth Medrash Govoha ( he, בית מדרש גבוה, Sephardi pronunciation: ''Beth Midrash Gavoha''. lit: "High House of Learning"; also known as Lakewood Yeshiva or BMG) is a Haredi Jewish Lithuanian ''yeshiva'' in Lakewood Township, New Jerse ...

) *

Mercaz HaRav Mercaz HaRav (officially, he, מרכז הרב - הישיבה המרכזית העולמית, "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraha ...

* Mirrer Yeshiva *

Porat Yosef Yeshiva Porat Yosef Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת פורת יוסף) is a Sephardic yeshiva in Jerusalem, with locations in both the Old City and the Geula neighborhood. The name Porat Yosef means "Joseph is a fruitful tree" after the biblical verse Genesi ...

* Pressburg Yeshiva *

Sfas Emes Yeshiva Sfas Emes Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת שפת אמת) was an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Jerusalem, serving the Gerrer Hasidic community until 2016. Founded in 1925 in the Mahane Yehuda neighborhood of Jerusalem, it was one of the few Hasidic yeshiva ...

Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת שער השמים, lit., "Gate of Heaven") is an Ashkenazi yeshiva in Jerusalem dedicated to the study of the kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal (Rabbi Isaac Luria). It is famous for its student body of ...

, for

Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

students of

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* Toldot Yeshurun-Yeshiva for Russian Speakers *

Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi ''Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi'' ( he, ישיבת ארץ הצבי) is a Modern Orthodox yeshiva, located in the Givat Mordechai neighborhood of Jerusalem on the Jerusalem College of Technology Campus, Israel. It was founded in 2004. Rabbi David Ebn ...

Yeshivat HaKotel Yeshivat HaKotel ( he, ישיבת הכותל, lit=Yeshiva of the Western Wall) is a religious Zionist Hesder yeshiva situated in the Old City of Jerusalem. The yeshiva's building is located opposite the Temple Mount and overlooks the Kotel (W ...

Yeshivat Torat Shraga Yeshivat Torat Shraga (or Yeshivas Toras Shraga)See Taw (letter) is a post-high school yeshiva in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem. Rabbi Avishai David is the rosh yeshiva. It is located on the Yeshiva University Israel campus and conducts its Torah study in ...

Religious sites

In ruins

* Church of St. Mary of the Germans * Nea Ekklesia of the Theotokos

Multiple religions

* Chapel of the Ascension – part of a mosque, but venerated by most Christian denominations *

Mount Zion Mount Zion ( he, הַר צִיּוֹן, ''Har Ṣīyyōn''; ar, جبل صهيون, ''Jabal Sahyoun'') is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City (Jerusalem), Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew ...

Cenacle The Cenacle (from the Latin , "dining room"), also known as the Upper Room (from the Koine Greek and , both meaning "upper room"), is a room in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, just outside the Old City walls, traditionally held to be the site o ...

– now state property, not part of any church *

Temple Mount The Temple Mount ( hbo, הַר הַבַּיִת, translit=Har haBayīt, label=Hebrew, lit=Mount of the House f the Holy}), also known as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compoun ...

Well of Souls The Well of Souls ( ar, بئر الأرواح, Biʾr al-Arwaḥ; sometimes translated Pit of Souls, Cave of Spirits, or Well of Spirits), is a partly natural, partly man-made cave located inside the Foundation Stone ("Noble Rock" in Islam) under ...

or Holy of Holies, the cave under the Dome of the Rock

Jewish

Christian

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Multiple denominational

Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...

Catholic (Roman and Eastern)

* Annunciation Cathedral – Melkite Greek Catholic *

Church of All Nations The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said ...

or of Agony, Gethsemane *

Church of Bethphage The Church of Bethphage, also spelled ''Beitphage'', meaning "''house of the early figs''", is a Franciscan church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It contains a stone traditionally identified as the one which Jesus used to mount the d ...

* Church of Our Lady of the Spasm – Armenian Catholic * Church of St. John the Baptist (Ein Karem, Jerusalem) * Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu *

Church of the Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross The Church of the Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross (Hebrew language, Hebrew: קפלת ההרשעה וכפיית הצלב) is a Roman Catholic church located within the Franciscan monastery that also contains the Church of the Flagellatio ...

Church of the Flagellation The Church of the Flagellation is a Roman Catholic church and Christian pilgrimage site located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, near St. Stephen's Gate (also called Lions' Gate). It is part a Franciscan monastery which also ...

Church of the Pater Noster The Church of the Pater Noster (french: Église du Pater Noster) is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is part of a Carmelite monastery, also known as the Sanctuary of the Eleona (french: Domaine de l'Eleona ...

Church of the Visitation The Church of the Visitation (formerly ''Abbey Church of St John in the Woods'') is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, and honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (). T ...

(Ein Karem, Jerusalem) *

Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus The Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, also known as the Holy Name of Jesus Co-Cathedral, is the co-cathedral, or technical '' cathedra'' of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City o ...

Convent of the Sisters of Zion The Convent of the Sisters of Zion is a Roman Catholic convent of the Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion, located near the eastern end of the ''Via Dolorosa'' in the Old City of Jerusalem. The convent was built in 1857 by Marie-Alphonse Ratisbo ...

Dominus Flevit Church Dominus Flevit (Latin, "the Lord wept") is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives, opposite the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. During construction of the sanctuary, archaeologists uncovered artifacts dating back to the Cana ...

Dormition Abbey Abbey of the Dormition is a Catholic abbey belonging to the Benedictine Order in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate. The Abbey is said to mark the spot where Mary, mother of Jesus, died. Between 1 ...

* Ecce Homo (church), part of the Convent of the Sisters of Zion *

Garden of Gethsemane Gethsemane () is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested before his crucifixion. It is a place of great resona ...

* Grotto of Gethsemane * St Anne's Church *

St. Stephen's Basilica St. Stephen's Basilica ( hu, Szent István-bazilika ) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose right hand is housed in the reliquary. It was the sixth l ...

(Saint-Étienne) * St. Thomas Church or Cathedral – Syriac Catholic * St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, Jerusalem *

Via Dolorosa The ''Via Dolorosa'' (Latin, 'Sorrowful Way', often translated 'Way of Suffering'; ar, طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem. It represents the path that Jesus would have t ...

Eastern Orthodox

Church of Maria Magdalene The Church of Mary Magdalene ( he, כנסיית מריה מגדלנה, ar, كنيسة القديسة مريم المجدلية, russian: Церковь Святой Марии Магдалины) is an Orthodox Christian church located on th ...

– Russian Orthodox * Church of St Alexander Nevsky – Russian Orthodox * Holy Trinity Cathedral in the

– Russian Orthodox *

Monastery of the Cross The Monastery of the Cross ( ar, دير الصليب, ''Dayr al-Salīb''; he, מנזר המצלבה; ka, ჯვრის მონასტერი, ''jvris monast'eri'') is an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot Nayot ( he, נָיו� ...

– Greek Orthodox * Romanian Orthodox Church, part of the Romanian Patriarchy's Representation to the Holy Places * Convent of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, with the Church of the Ascension and the Church of the Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist – Russian Orthodox * St John the Baptist Church – Greek Orthodox * St. Symeon of

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as, church and convent – Greek Orthodox

Oriental Orthodox

* Cathedral of St. James – Armenian Apostolic * Church of the Holy Archangels – Armenian Apostolic *

Ethiopian Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

– Ethiopian Orthodox * " Deir es-Sultan" Coptic Monastery – Coptic Orthodox, contested by the Ethiopians *

Saint Mark Monastery Of Jerusalem The Syriac Orthodox Monastery of Saint Mark ( syr, ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܡܳܪܝ̱ ܡܰܪܩܽܘܣ ܕܣܽܘܪ̈ܳܝܝܶܐ, romanized: Dayrā dMār Marqus dSūrāyē) is a Syriac Orthodox monastery and church in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to a 6t ...

– Syriac Orthodox *

St. Toros Church Church of Saint Toros ( hy, Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի) is an Armenian Orthodox church in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. History The Church of St. Toros is located next to St. James' Cathedral. Some 4,000 ancient manu ...

– Armenian Apostolic

Protestant

* Christ Church * Ascension Church at the German Augusta Victoria Foundation – Evangelical Church in Germany * Lutheran Church of the Redeemer – Evangelical Church in Germany * St. George's Cathedral – Anglican * St Andrew's, aka the Scottish Church – Church of Scotland. *

The Garden Tomb The Garden Tomb ( he, גן הקבר) is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem, which was unearthed in 1867 and is considered by some Protestants to be the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus. The tomb has been dated by Israeli archaeologist G ...

– non-denominational, but popular with Evangelicals, Anglicans and other Protestants

Islamic

* Haram ash-Sharif (Temple Mount) ** Jami Al-Aqsa **

Dome of the Rock The Dome of the Rock ( ar, قبة الصخرة, Qubbat aṣ-Ṣakhra) is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, a site also known to Muslims as the ''al-Haram al-Sharif'' or the Al-Aqsa Compound. Its initial ...

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or Holy of Holies, the cave under the Dome of the Rock **

Dome of the Chain Dome of the Chain ( ar, قبة السلسلة, Qubbat al-Silsilah) is an Islamic free-standing domed building located adjacently east of the Dome of the Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is one of many small buildings that can be found scatte ...

** Fountain of Qayt Bay ** Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya * Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque * Al-Yaqubi Mosque – the Crusader Church of St. James Intercisus, transformed after 1187 into a mosque * Mosque of Omar, next to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Cemeteries

Multi-religious

* Indian War Cemetery, Talpiot * Jerusalem British War Cemetery *

Mount Herzl Mount Herzl ( he, הַר הֶרְצְל ''Har Hertsl''), also ''Har ha-Zikaron'' ( lit. "Mount of Remembrance"), is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside ...

National Cemetery – civilian and military * Tabachnik Garden on Mt Scopus: the main American Colony Cemetery (Protestant) and Bentwich Cemetery (Jewish)

Jewish

Har HaMenuchot Har HaMenuchot ( he, הר המנוחות, Ashkenazi pronunciation, Har HaMenuchos, lit. "Mount of Those who are Resting", also known as Givat Shaul Cemetery) is the largest cemetery in Jerusalem. The hilltop burial ground lies at the western ed ...

, Givat Shaul *

Mount of Olives The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ( he, הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; ar, جبل الزيتون, Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also , , 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jeru ...

Jewish cemetery *

Sanhedria Cemetery Sanhedria Cemetery ( he, בית עלמין סנהדריה) is a 27-dunam (6.67-acre) Jewish burial ground in the Sanhedria neighborhood of Jerusalem, adjacent to the intersection of Levi Eshkol Boulevard, Shmuel HaNavi Street, and Bar-Ilan Str ...

* Sheikh Badr Jewish Cemetery

Christian

cemeteries: ** Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery ** other cemeteries on Mount Zion: Armenian Apostolic, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim * Templer Cemetery, Emek Refaim

Muslim

* Bab Sitni Mariam Cemetery – Muslim cemetery next to

Lions' Gate Lions' Gate ( he, שער האריות, Sha'ar ha-Arayot, Lions' Gate, ar, باب الأسباط, Bab al-Asbat, Gate of the Tribes), also St Stephen's Gate, is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It leads into the Muslim Qu ...

References

External links

Places in Jerusalem through an Artist's Eyes – Kosinski
{{DEFAULTSORT:Places in Jerusalem Geography of Jerusalem *

Jerusalem-related lists *

Neighborhoods

Major thoroughfares

Landmarks

Parks

Ancient tombs

Caves, tunnels and quarries

Museums

Hospitals

Hotels

Government institutions

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges

Yeshivas

Religious sites

In ruins

Multiple religions

Jewish

Christian

Multiple denominational

Catholic (Roman and Eastern)

Eastern Orthodox

Oriental Orthodox

Protestant

Islamic

Cemeteries

Multi-religious

Jewish

Christian

Muslim

See also

References

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