Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery
Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery is a church in West Bank, Palestine. Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery is situated nearby to the neighborhood Maale HaZeitim, as well as near the college Ras Al-amoud Educational center.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Dome of the Rock.
Dome of the Rock
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Dome of the Rock is situated 630 metres northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.
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. Dome of the Rock is situated 1 km northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.
Gichon Spring
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 Kidron Valley. It was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of Jerusalem. Gichon Spring is situated 320 metres northwest of Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maale HaZeitim and Silwan.
Maale HaZeitim
Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, located on the Mount of Olives, near the Palestinian neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.
Silwan
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It was the source of water for the Pool of Siloam within larger boundaries of the ancient walled city of Jerusalem, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.
Ras al-Amud
Suburb
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ras al-Amud is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lies to the south, Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim to the north.
Mamre / Abraham’s house monastery
- Type: Church
- Address: القدس
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77161° or 31° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
35.23965° or 35° 14′ 23″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6CQ+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1606190053OpenStreetMap 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ras Al-amoud Educational center and Silwan athletic club / pope boulos the 6th clinic.
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