Temple Area

Temple Area is a locality in , . Temple Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the suburb .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herod’s Gate and Dome of the Rock.

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Herod's Gate is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinian neighbourhood of , situated just outside.

Mosque
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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.

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The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to , which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Suburb
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is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the . It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, to the east, and on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and to the west.

Temple Area

Latitude
31.78333° or 31° 47′ north
Longitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ east
Elevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6MM+88
Geo­Names ID
285094
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