Western Wall
Western Wall is a bus stop in West Bank, Palestine. Western Wall is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint מצפה הכותל, as well as near the archaeological site House of Menorot.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
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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. Al-Aqsa Mosque is situated 170 metres east of Western Wall.
Western Wall
Synagogue
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The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. Western Wall is situated 140 metres north of Western Wall.
Western Wall Plaza
Square
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The Western Wall Plaza is a large public square situated adjacent to the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. It was formed in 1967 as a result of the razing of the Mughrabi Quarter neighborhood at the very end of the Six-Day War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish Quarter and Old City.
Jewish Quarter
Neighborhood
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The Jewish Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the Armenian Quarter on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in the east.
Old City
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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Armenian Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Yonah baby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Armenian Quarter is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate.
Western Wall
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.77562° or 31° 46′ 32″ northLongitude
35.23386° or 35° 14′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6GM+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1803023878OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Western Wall” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حائط المبكى”
- Czech: “Západní zeď”
- German: “Western Wall”
- Hebrew: “הכותל המערבי”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include מצפה הכותל and House of Menorot.
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