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Musrara

Musrara is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now . It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of and to the north, by the and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Al Musrarah”, “Al Muşrārah”, “El Muṣrāra”, “Ḩayy al Muşrārah”, “Khirbat Musrara”, “Misrara”, and “Morasha”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Damascus Gate.

Church
Photo: jlascar, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of .

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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…

Photo: Daniel Baránek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 by the Ottomans under the directorship of the and Franciscan brotherhood monkship order to provide direct access between the and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Russian Compound and Jerusalem.

Suburb
The is one of the oldest districts in central , featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim , some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the .

Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Neighborhood
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is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in , north-east of the . It was built by Kolel Ungarin, a Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.

Musrara

Latitude
31.78203° or 31° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.22607° or 35° 13′ 34″ east
Elevation
802 metres (2,631 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6JG+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2081525619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
295242
Wiki­data ID
Q2616735
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Musrara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المصرارة”
  • Arabic: “مصرارة‎”
  • Czech: “Moraša”
  • Czech: “Musrara”
  • French: “Musrara”
  • German: “Musrara”
  • Hebrew: “מוסררה”
  • Hebrew: “מורשה”
  • Indonesian: “Musrara, Yerusalem”
  • Indonesian: “Musrara”
  • Italian: “Musrara”
  • Japanese: “ムスララ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Musrara”
  • Norwegian: “Musrara”
  • Polish: “Morasza”
  • Romanian: “Musrara”
  • Russian: “Мораша”
  • Russian: “Мусрара”
  • Turkish: “Musrara”

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