Apostle Peter’s Prison
Apostle Peter’s Prison is a church in West Bank, Palestine. Apostle Peter’s Prison is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Muslim Quarter, as well as near Church of the Flagellation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Pool of Bethesda.
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 religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Dome of the Rock is situated 340 metres south of Apostle Peter’s Prison.
Pool of Bethesda
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The Pool of Bethesda is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in Jerusalem, described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes. Pool of Bethesda is situated 160 metres east of Apostle Peter’s Prison.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 540 metres south of Apostle Peter’s Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and East Jerusalem.
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.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Old City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Apostle Peter’s Prison
- Type: Church
- Address: القدس
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78095° or 31° 46′ 51″ northLongitude
35.23445° or 35° 14′ 4″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6JM+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 685534929OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Apostle Peter’s Prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن الرسول بيتر”
- German: “Gefängnis des Petrus”
- Hungarian: “Szent Péter apostol börtöne”
- Romanian: “Închisoarea Sfântului Apostol Petru”
- Russian: “Тюрьма, в которой содержали Апостола Петра”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Muslim Quarter and Church of the Flagellation.
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