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Mount of Olives
Areas: Mount of Olives, Old City
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Type: Historic Site
The significance of the Mount of Olives cannot be understated, both in terms of its history –...>>
Night Spectacular
Areas: Old City
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The Night Spectacular is a magical sound and light show which tells the story of Jerusalem in a...>>
Tower of David Museum
Areas: Old City
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The Tower of David (also known as David’s Citadel) is one of Jerusalem’s most well-known...>>
Absalom’s Pillar (Yad Avshalom)
Areas: Mount of Olives, Old City
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Type: Parks & Gardens
During his lifetime, Absalom built a monument to himself in the King's Valley, for he said, ‘I...>>
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Areas: Old City, Muslim Quarter, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Archaeology
A common misconception regarding the Dome of the Rock, which is perhaps the image most associated...>>
Herod's Gate
Areas: Old City, Muslim Quarter
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Type: Historic Site
Information Coming Soon. Photo by: Michael Halpern...>>
Alone on the Walls - 1948 Old City Siege Photos
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Museum & Gallery
On May 28, 1948, after months of siege, the defenders of the Jewish Quarter surrendered to the...>>
Ariel Center Jerusalem
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The First Temple, built by King Solomon in the 10th century BCE, was one of the greatest marvels of...>>
David Palombo Museum
Areas: Mount Zion, Old City
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Type: Museum & Gallery
David Palombo (1920-1966) was a Turkish-born Israeli sculptor and painter best known for sculptures...>>
Armenian Quarter
Areas: Old City, Armenian Quarter
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Type: Archaeology
Located in the southwestern part of the Old City, bordered by the corner of the...>>
Batei Mahase Square
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Historic Site
Batei Mahase Square in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City is a paved square or courtyard surrounded...>>
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Areas: Near Old City, Mount Scopus
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Type: Historic Site
Founded in 1903 by artist Boris Schatz, the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design is Israel’s...>>
Jerusalem Memorial
Areas: Near Old City, Mount Scopus
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Type: Historic Site
The Jerusalem Memorial pays homage to the 3,300 British soldiers who died during World War I in...>>
Brigham Young University Jerusalem
Areas: Near Old City, Mount Scopus
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Type: Christian Sites
After much back and forth with the Israeli government and years of protests from opposing religious...>>
British Military Cemetery
Areas: Near Old City, Mount Scopus
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Type: Historic Site
The British Military Cemetery on Mount Scopus, also known as the Jerusalem War Cemetery, houses the...>>
Burnt House (Katros House)
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Museum & Gallery
Following the Six Day War, Israeli archaeologists began digging extensively in the newly recaptured...>>
Chain of Generations Center
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The Chain of Generations Center relates the fascinating story of the Jewish people through 3,500...>>
Christ Church
Areas: Old City, Armenian Quarter
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Type: Christian Sites
The Christ Church compound contains a hostel and a heritage center, and beneath the compound is a...>>
Temple Mount
Areas: Old City, Muslim Quarter, Jewish Quarter
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Type:
Temple Mount is considered a very holy site by all three monotheistic religions and a trip to...>>
Church of All Nations (Basilica of the Agony)
Areas: Near Old City, Mount of Olives, Old City
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Type: Christian Sites
It is said that before his arrest by the Romans, Jesus prayed at the foot of the Mount of Olives, on...>>
Church of Mary Magdalene
Areas: Near Old City, Mount of Olives
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Type: Christian Sites
One of the more distinctive of churches dotting the slopes on the Mount of Olives is the Church of...>>
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Areas: Near Old City, Old City
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Type: Archaeology
Tens of thousands of objects have been discovered from piles of rubble around the City of David...>>
The Cardo Jerusalem
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The Cardo is an impressive colonnaded-style street in the Old City's Jewish Quarter, which in...>>
The Christian Quarter
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Christian Sites
The center of Christianity, the Christian Quarter in the Old City is filled with many churches...>>
Church of St. John the Baptist
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Christian Sites
The New Testament tells us that Jesus’ predecessor, and one of those who predicted...>>
Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
Areas: Mount Zion, Old City
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Type: Christian Sites
Located just outside Jerusalem's Old City, on the eastern slope of Mount Zion, the Roman Catholic...>>
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Historic Site
One of Jerusalem’s biggest tourist draws, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Christian...>>
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Christian Sites
The establishment of the Coptic Orthodox Church (the term "Copt" comes from the Greek word...>>
Damascus Gate
Areas: Damascus Gate, Old City, Muslim Quarter
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Type: Historic Site
Built in 1542 by Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, the Damascus Gate (also known as Shechem...>>
Davidson Center Jerusalem
Areas: Old City
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Type: Museum & Gallery
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park, adjacent to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, gives visitors...>>
Dir A - Sultan
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Historic Site
Dir A - Sultan is found on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher above the Chapel of St....>>
Dome of the Ascension
Areas: Old City
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Type: Historic Site
Sacred to Muslims and Christians, Dome of the Ascension was dedicated to the ascension of the...>>
Dome of the Chain
Areas: Old City
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Type: Muslim Sites
The Dome of the Chain is the building east of the Dome of the Rock. Ten sides of the building were...>>
Dome of the Rock
Areas: Old City
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Type: Historic Site
Islam’s third holiest site after Mecca and Medina, the Dome of the Rock is built on top of the...>>
Dominus Flevit Church
Areas: Near Old City, Mount of Olives
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Type: Christian Sites
According to the New Testament in Luke 19, Jesus was walking towards Jerusalem when suddenly,...>>
Dormition Abbey Jerusalem
Areas: Mount Zion, Old City
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Type: Christian Sites
When German Kaiser Wilhelm II came to Jerusalem in 1898 for the dedication of the Lutheran Church of...>>
Dung Gate
Areas: Old City
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Type: Historic Site
Dung Gate faces the village of Silwan and its Arabic name is Bab Silwan. More information...>>
Four Sephardic Synagogues
Areas: Old City, Jewish Quarter
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Type: Jewish Sites
If the Hurva Synagogue persisted as the Jewish Quarter’s central Ashkenazi place of worship...>>
Franciscan Monastery of San Salvador
Areas: Old City, Christian Quarter
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Type: Christian Sites
Information Coming Soon. Photo by: Michael Halpern...>>
Garden of Gethsemane
Areas: Mount of Olives, Old City
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Type: Christian Sites
According to the New Testament, on the night of his arrest, Jesus prayed in the Garden of...>>
