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Pool of Siloam

The term Pool of Siloam refers to several rock-cut pools located southeast of the walls of the . The pools were fed by the waters of the , carried there by the Siloam tunnel.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: reservoir in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “HaShiliach Pool”, “Pool of Shiloah”, “Wādī Aiyūb”, “Wadi Silwan”, and “Wādī Silwān”
  • Address: Jerusalem
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of .

Place of worship
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . 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.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silwan and Maale HaZeitim.

Suburb
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or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; in the latter it is the location of Jesus' healing the man blind from birth.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Suburb
Photo: Eman, CC0.
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claim it is their capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

Pool of Siloam

Latitude
31.7704° or 31° 46′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.23512° or 35° 14′ 6″ east
Elevation
570 metres (1,870 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6CP+52
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3309212388
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
281787
Wiki­data ID
Q1483483
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Pool of Siloam” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “κολυμβήθρα τοῦ Σιλωάμ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σιλωάμ”
  • Arabic: “بركة سلوان‎”
  • Arabic: “بركة سلوان”
  • Breton: “Lenn Siloe”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Silwān”
  • Chinese: “西罗亚池”
  • Danish: “Siloam dam”
  • Danish: “Siloams dam”
  • Dutch: “Vijver van Siloach”
  • Dutch: “Vijver van Siloah”
  • Dutch: “Vijver van Siloam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بركة سلوان”
  • Esperanto: “Rezervujo Siloe”
  • Finnish: “Siiloan lampi”
  • Finnish: “Siloan allas”
  • French: “Bassin de Siloé”
  • French: “bassin de Silwan”
  • French: “Bassin de Silwan”
  • French: “Shiloah”
  • French: “Siloé”
  • French: “Siloe” (historical)
  • German: “Schiloach”
  • German: “Teich von Siloah”
  • Greek: “Κολυμβήθρα του Σιλωάμ”
  • Hebrew: “בריכת השילוח”
  • Hebrew: “ברכת השילוח”
  • Indonesian: “Kolam Siloam”
  • Indonesian: “Siloam”
  • Italian: “piscina di Siloam”
  • Italian: “Piscina di Siloam”
  • Italian: “piscina di Siloe”
  • Italian: “pozzo di Siloam”
  • Japanese: “シロアムの池”
  • Malayalam: “സീലോഹായിലെ കുളം”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Siloamdammen”
  • Persian: “حوض سیلوحا”
  • Polish: “Sadzawka Siloam”
  • Polish: “Sadzawka Siloe”
  • Polish: “Siloam sadzawka”
  • Polish: “Siloe”
  • Portuguese: “Piscina de siloé”
  • Portuguese: “Reservatório de água de Siloé”
  • Portuguese: “Reservatorio de Siloe”
  • Portuguese: “Reservatório de Siloé”
  • Romanian: “Breikhat Hashiloah”
  • Romanian: “Scăldătoarea din Siloam”
  • Romanian: “Scăldătoarea Siloam”
  • Romanian: “Scăldătoarea Siloamului”
  • Russian: “Силоамская купальня”
  • Russian: “Силоамский источник”
  • Russian: “Силоамский пруд”
  • Spanish: “Piscina de Siloé”
  • Swedish: “Siloadammen”
  • Swedish: “Siloakanalen”
  • Turkish: “Siloam Havuzu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сілоамська купіль”

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