The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House

Mishkenot Sha'ananim was the first Jewish settlement built outside the walls of the , on a hill directly across . It was built in 1859–1860.
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  • Guest house
  • …is also known as “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • Description: the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on a hill directly across from Mount Zion
  • Email: guest@mishkenot.org.il

Places of Interest Nearby

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Movie theater
The Jerusalem is a and film archive in . is situated 150 metres southeast of The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yemin Moshe and Mount Zion.
Neighborhood
is a historic neighborhood in , overlooking the Old City.
Suburb
Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel.
Neighborhood
The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of .
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Latitude
31.77086° or 31° 46′ 15″ north
Longitude
35.22492° or 35° 13′ 30″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6CF+8X
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House” goes by many names.
مشكنوت شعاننيمArabic
平安居所Chinese
米什基諾·沙阿南姆Chinese
米什基诺·沙阿南姆Chinese
Miškenot Ša’ananimCzech
Mishkenot Sha’ananimDutch
Mishkenot Sha’ananimFinnish
משכנות שאנניםHebrew
Mishkenot Sha’ananimIndonesian
میشکنوت شانانیمPersian
Mişkenot Şa’ananimTurkish
Мішкенот Ша’ананімUkrainian
مشکنوت شعاننیمUrdu
משכנות שאנניםYiddish
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