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Christian Quarter

The Christian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the , the and the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Mosque of Omar.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the of .

Mosque
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The is a , located inside the Old City of . Situated opposite the southern courtyard of the , in the area of the Christian Quarter, the mosque is not open to tourists, and can be accessed only for praying.

Marketplace
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The is a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the . It was the location of the first Bimaristan of the Knights Hospitaller. The name is derived from the Persian word Bimārestān, meaning "hospital".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old City and Jewish Quarter.

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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of . Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the and .

Christian Quarter

Latitude
31.77814° or 31° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.22987° or 35° 13′ 48″ east
Population
6,000
Open location code
8G3QQ6HH+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2710783597
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q1391891
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Christian Quarter” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حارة النصارى”
  • Armenian: “Քրիստոնեական թաղամաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xristian məhəlləsi”
  • Basque: “Kristau barrutia (Jerusalem)”
  • Basque: “Kristau barrutia”
  • Breton: “Karter Kristen”
  • Chinese: “基督徒区”
  • Chinese: “基督徒區”
  • Czech: “Křesťanská čtvrť”
  • Czech: “Křesťanská Čtvrť”
  • Dutch: “Christelijk Kwartier”
  • Dutch: “Christelijke wijk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الحى المسيحى”
  • Esperanto: “Kristana Kvartalo de Jerusalemo”
  • Finnish: “Jerusalemin kristitty kortteli”
  • Finnish: “Jerusalemin kristittyjen kortteli”
  • Finnish: “Kristitty kortteli”
  • French: “Quartier chretien de la vieille ville de Jerusalem”
  • French: “quartier chrétien de la vieille ville de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Quartier chrétien de la vieille ville de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Quartier chrétien”
  • Galician: “Barrio cristián de Xerusalén”
  • Georgian: “ქრისტიანული კვარტალი”
  • German: “Christliches Viertel von Jerusalem”
  • German: “Christliches Viertel”
  • Greek: “Χριστιανική συνοικία της παλαιάς Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Greek: “Χριστιανική συνοικία”
  • Greek: “Χριστιανική Συνοικία”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע הנוצרי”
  • Hindi: “इसाई खण्ड”
  • Hindi: “ईसाइ खण्ड”
  • Hindi: “ईसाई खण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Keresztény negyed”
  • Indonesian: “Bagian Kristen”
  • Italian: “Quartiere cristiano di Gerusalemme”
  • Italian: “Quartiere cristiano”
  • Italian: “Quartiere Cristiano”
  • Japanese: “キリスト教徒地区”
  • Japanese: “キリスト教徒街区”
  • Javanese: “Christian Quarter”
  • Javanese: “Kampung Kristen”
  • Javanese: “Padunungan Kristen ing Kutha lawas Yerusalem”
  • Kazakh: “Христиан кварталы”
  • Macedonian: “Христијанска населба”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det kristne kvarter”
  • Norwegian: “Det kristne kvarter”
  • Persian: “محله مسیحیان”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Chrześcijańska w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Chrześcijańska”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro Cristão”
  • Portuguese: “Quarteirão Cristão”
  • Romanian: “Cartierul creștin”
  • Russian: “Христианский квартал”
  • Slovak: “Kresťanská štvrť”
  • Slovenian: “Krščanska četrt”
  • Spanish: “Barrio cristiano de Jerusalén”
  • Spanish: “Barrio cristiano”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Cristiano”
  • Tamil: “கிறிஸ்தவப் பகுதி”
  • Turkish: “Hristiyan Mahallesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Християнський квартал (Єрусалим)”
  • Ukrainian: “Християнський квартал”
  • Urdu: “عیسائی محلہ”
  • Urdu: “مسیحی محلہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرسچن کوارٹر”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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