Temple Area
Temple Area is a locality in Quds Governorate, West Bank. Temple Area is situated nearby to the neighborhood Muslim Quarter, as well as near the suburb Bab az-Zahra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Herod’s Gate and Damascus Gate.
Herod’s Gate
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Herod's Gate is one of the seven open Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It connects the Muslim Quarter inside of the old city to the eponymic Palestinian neighbourhood of Bab az-Zahra, situated just outside.
Damascus Gate
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Damascus Gate 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 Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times…
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
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 East Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter.
East Jerusalem
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East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Bab az-Zahra
Suburb
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Bab az-Zahra is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, north of the Old City. It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, Wadi al-Joz to the east, Herod's Gate and Damascus Gate on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and Mea Shearim to the west.
Temple Area
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Ḩaram”, “Al Haram ash Sharif”, “Al Ḩaram ash Sharīf”, “El Haram esh Sharif”, “Haram esh Sharif”, and “The Noble Sanctuary”
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78333° or 31° 47′ northLongitude
35.23333° or 35° 14′ eastElevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)Open location code
8G3QQ6MM+88GeoNames ID
285094
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Temple Area” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Explanada del Templo”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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