Pool of Siloam
The term Pool of Siloam refers to several rock-cut pools located southeast of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The pools were fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by the Siloam tunnel.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Body of water
- Description: reservoir in East Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Breikhat Hashiloah”, “HaShiliach Pool”, “Piscina de siloé”, “piscina di Siloe”, “Pool of Shiloah”, “pozzo di Siloam”, “Reservatório de água de Siloé”, “Reservatorio de Siloe”, “Scăldătoarea Siloam”, “Schiloach”, “Shiloah”, “Siloakanalen”, “Siloam”, “Siloam dam”, “Siloam sadzawka”, “Siloé”, “Vijver van Siloach”, “Vijver van Siloah”, “Wādī Aiyūb”, “Wadi Silwan”, “Σιλωάμ”, and “Силоамский источник”
- Address: Jerusalem
Places of Interest
Highlights: Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silwan and Maale HaZeitim.
Pool of Siloam
- Categories: reservoir, biblical place, wadi, tourism, tourist attraction, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7704° or 31° 46′ 13″ north
Longitude
35.23512° or 35° 14′ 6″ east
Elevation
570 metres (1,870 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8G3QQ6CP+52
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
water=basin
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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”
- Arabic: “بركة سلوان”
- Arabic: “بركة سلوان”
- Breton: “Lenn Siloe”
- Cebuano: “Wādī Silwān”
- Chinese: “西罗亚池”
- Danish: “Siloams dam”
- 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: “Siloe” (historical)
- German: “Teich von Siloah”
- Greek: “Κολυμβήθρα του Σιλωάμ”
- Hebrew: “בריכת השילוח”
- Hebrew: “ברכת השילוח”
- Hindi: “शीलोह का कुंड”
- Indonesian: “Kolam Siloam”
- Italian: “piscina di Siloam”
- Italian: “Piscina 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: “Siloe”
- Portuguese: “Reservatório de Siloé”
- Romanian: “Scăldătoarea din Siloam”
- Romanian: “Scăldătoarea Siloamului”
- Russian: “Силоамская купальня”
- Russian: “Силоамский пруд”
- Spanish: “Piscina de Siloé”
- Swedish: “Siloadammen”
- Turkish: “Siloam Havuzu”
- Ukrainian: “Сілоамська купіль”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Jewish Quarter and Abu Tor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Old mosque silwan and City of David.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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