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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  • Email: guest@mishkenot.org.il
  • Type: Guest house
  • Description: the first Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on a hill directly across from Mount Zion
  • Also known as: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim” and “Miškenot Šaananim”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gehenna and Montefiore Windmill.

Meadow
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or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology. is situated 230 metres southeast of The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House.

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The is a landmark in . Designed as a flour mill, it was built in 1857 on a slope opposite the western city walls of Jerusalem, where three years later the new Jewish neighbourhood of Mishkenot Sha'ananim was erected, both by the efforts of British Jewish banker and philanthropist Moses Montefiore. is situated 100 metres northwest of The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House.

Movie theater
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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
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is a historic neighborhood in , overlooking the Old City.

Suburb
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Jerusalem is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

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 .

The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House

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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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“The Maurice M. Dwek Guest House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مشكنوت شعاننيم”
  • Chinese: “平安居所”
  • Chinese: “米什基諾·沙阿南姆”
  • Chinese: “米什基诺·沙阿南姆”
  • Czech: “Miškenot Ša’ananim”
  • Dutch: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • Finnish: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • French: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • German: “Mischkenot Scha’ananim”
  • German: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • Hebrew: “משכנות שאננים”
  • Indonesian: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • Persian: “میشکنوت شانانیم”
  • Portuguese: “Mishkenot Sha’ananim”
  • Turkish: “Mişkenot Şa’ananim”
  • Ukrainian: “Мішкенот Ша’ананім”
  • Urdu: “مشکنوت شعاننیم”
  • Yiddish: “משכנות שאננים”

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