Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery

Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery is a church in , . Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the college .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Rock.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of . is situated 630 metres northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.

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 1 km northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.

Spring
Photo: David Roberts (painter), Public domain.
Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool, is a spring in the . It was the main source of water for the in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of . is situated 320 metres northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maale HaZeitim and Silwan.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Suburb
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or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in , on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.

Suburb
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is a Palestinian neighborhood in located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian neighborhood of lies to the south, and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Jewish neighborhood of to the north.

Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery

Latitude
31.77161° or 31° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.23965° or 35° 14′ 23″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6CQ+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1606190053
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Romanian—“Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير بيت سيدنا إبراهيم”
  • Italian: “Mamre”
  • Romanian: “Casa de pelerini a Mănăstirii Avraam”

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