Mount of Olives Information Center
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- Type: Tourism office
- Address: 5 דרך יריחו, Jerusalem
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Church of All Nations.
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… Dome of the Rock is situated 410 metres west of Mount of Olives Information Center.
Church of All Nations
Church
Photo: Etc. gamma, Public domain.
The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of Gethsemane or the Basilica of the Agony, is a Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane.
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 460 metres southwest of Mount of Olives Information Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gethsemane and Maale HaZeitim.
Gethsemane
Locality
Photo: Mewasul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.
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.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Mount of Olives Information Center
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77853° or 31° 46′ 43″ northLongitude
35.23963° or 35° 14′ 23″ eastOpen location code
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In Other Languages
“Mount of Olives Information Center” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “מרכז מידע הר הזיתים”
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