Grotto of Gethsemane

Grotto of Gethsemane is a church in , . Grotto of Gethsemane is situated nearby to the church , as well as near .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Also known as: “Gethsemane”, “Grotto of the Agony”, and “Grotto of the Betrayal”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomb of the Virgin Mary and Church of All Nations.

Church
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Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also or the Church of the Assumption, is a Christian church built around an ancient Judean rock-cut tomb in the – at the foot of , in – believed by Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of Gethsemane or the Basilica of the Agony, is a Catholic church located on the in , next to the Garden of .

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. is situated 490 metres southwest of Grotto of Gethsemane.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and East Jerusalem.

Locality
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is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

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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.

Grotto of Gethsemane

Latitude
31.78016° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.23981° or 35° 14′ 23″ east
Elevation
707 metres (2,320 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6JQ+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280346242
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
12089166
Wiki­data ID
Q7001164
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Romanian—“Grotto of Gethsemane” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مغارة الخيانة”
  • Arabic: “مغارة جثسيماني”
  • Breton: “Groc’h Jetsemani”
  • Czech: “Grotta v Getsemanské zahradě”
  • French: “Grotte de Gethsémani”
  • Hebrew: “מערת הבגידה”
  • Hindi: “गेथसमेन का कुटी”
  • Italian: “Grotta dell’arresto”
  • Polish: “Grota Pojmania Jezusa”
  • Romanian: “Grota Ghetsimani”

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