Al- Akrad neighborhood

Al- Akrad neighborhood is a neighborhood in Palestine. Al- Akrad neighborhood is situated nearby to the suburb Old City, as well as near Avraham Avinu Neighborhood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Patriarchs and Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town.

Cave of the Patriarchs

Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah and to Muslims as the Ibrahami Mosque, or Sanctuary of Ibrahim, is a series of caves situated in the heart of the Old City of Hebron in the West Bank, 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem.

Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

Protected area

Photo: Eman, Public domain.

The Old City of Hebron is the historic city centre of Hebron. The Hebron of antiquity is thought by archaeologists to have originally started elsewhere, at Tel Rumeida, which is approximately 200 meters west of today's Old City, and thought to have originally been a Canaanite city.

Ali Bakka Mosque

Mosque

Photo: יורם שורק, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sheikh Ali al-Bakka Mosque, also known as the Shaykh Ali al-Baka Mosque, is a 13th-century mosque in the northwestern section of the Old City of Hebron in the southern West Bank, Palestine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat Arba and Hebron.