Jewish Quarter

The Jewish Quarter 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Western Wall and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the 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.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of .

Synagogue
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The , also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Armenian Quarter and Old City.

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 .

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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 quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the and the .

Jewish Quarter

Latitude
31.77535° or 31° 46′ 31″ north
Longitude
35.23176° or 35° 13′ 54″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6GJ+4P
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1186403
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Jewish Quarter” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحي اليهودي في القدس”
  • Arabic: “حارة اليهود”
  • Armenian: “Հրեական թաղամաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yəhudi məhəlləsi”
  • Basque: “Judu barrutia (Jerusalem)”
  • Basque: “Judu barrutia”
  • Bengali: “ইহুদি মহল্লা (জেরুজালেম)”
  • Bengali: “ইহুদি মহল্লা”
  • Breton: “Karter Yuzev”
  • Catalan: “Barri jueu de la ciutat vella de Jerusalem”
  • Chinese: “犹太区”
  • Chinese: “猶太區”
  • Czech: “Židovská čtvrť”
  • Czech: “Židovská Čtvrť”
  • Dutch: “Joods Kwartier”
  • Dutch: “Joodse wijk (Jeruzalem)”
  • Dutch: “Joodse wijk”
  • Esperanto: “Juda Kvartalo de Jerusalemo”
  • Finnish: “Jerusalemin juutalaiskortteli”
  • Finnish: “Juutalaiskortteli”
  • French: “Quartier juif de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Quartier juif de la vieille ville de Jerusalem”
  • French: “quartier juif de la vieille ville de Jérusalem”
  • French: “Quartier juif de la vieille ville de Jérusalem”
  • Galician: “Barrio xudeu de Xerusalén”
  • German: “Jüdisches Viertel von Jerusalem”
  • German: “Jüdisches Viertel”
  • Greek: “Εβραϊκή συνοικία της παλαιάς Ιερουσαλήμ”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע היהודי”
  • Hebrew: “הרובע יהודי”
  • Hebrew: “רובע היהודי”
  • Hebrew: “רובע יהודי”
  • Hindi: “यहूदी खण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Zsidó negyed”
  • Indonesian: “Bagian Yahudi”
  • Italian: “Quartiere ebraico di Gerusalemme”
  • Italian: “Quartiere ebraico”
  • Italian: “Quartiere Ebraico”
  • Japanese: “ユダヤ人地区”
  • Japanese: “ユダヤ人街”
  • Javanese: “Jewish Quarter”
  • Javanese: “Kampung Yahudi”
  • Javanese: “Padunungan Yahudi ing Kutha lawas Yerusalem”
  • Macedonian: “Еврејска населба”
  • Manx: “Yn Kerroo Ewagh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det jødiske kvarter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jødiske kvarter”
  • Norwegian: “Det jødiske kvarter”
  • Persian: “محله یهودی (اورشلیم)”
  • Persian: “محله یهودی”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Żydowska w Jerozolimie”
  • Polish: “Dzielnica Żydowska”
  • Portuguese: “Bairro Judeu”
  • Portuguese: “Quarteirão Judeu”
  • Romanian: “Cartierul evreiesc”
  • Russian: “Еврейский квартал”
  • Slovak: “Židovská štvrť”
  • Slovenian: “Judovska četrt”
  • Spanish: “Barrio judío de Jerusalén”
  • Spanish: “Barrio judío de la ciudad vieja de Jerusalén”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Judío”
  • Tamil: “யூதப் பகுதி”
  • Turkish: “Yahudi mahallesi”
  • Turkish: “Yahudi Mahallesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Єврейський квартал”
  • Urdu: “یہودی محلہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “یہودی کوارٹر”
  • Yiddish: “הרובע היהודי”
  • Yiddish: “יידישע פערטל”
  • Yiddish: “רובע היהודי”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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