Abu Tor

Abu Tor, also Abu Thor or ath-Thori, is a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, built on a prominence south of the Old City, Jebel Abu Tor. The traditional Christian name is Hill of Evil Counsel.

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Type: Suburb with 15,500 residents
Description: neighborhood in Jerusalem
Also known as: “Abu Thor”, “Abu-Tor Quarter”, “Aţ Ţūrī”, “ath-Thori”, “Ath-Thuri”, “Dayr Abū Ţūr”, “Deir Abou Thor”, “Deir Abu Tor”, “Deir Abu Tūr”, “Giv`at”, “Giv`at Hananya”, “Giv`at H̱ananya”, “Givat Hanania”, “Givat Hananya”, and “Theowri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gehenna and Dome of the Rock.

Gehenna

Meadow

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Gehenna or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.

Dome of the Rock

Mosque

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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Dome of the Rock

Mosque

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The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Zion and Silwan.

Mount Zion

Suburb

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Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Silwan

Suburb

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Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the Pool of Siloam within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.