Orient House

Orient House is a building located in that served as the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1897 by Ismail Musa Al-Husseini, it has been owned by the Al-Husseini family since.
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Abutoum, Public domain.
  • Public building
  • …is also known as “New Orient House”
  • Description: house

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tombs of the Kings and St. George’s Cathedral.
Amit A., Public domain.
Cemetery
The are a rock-cut funerary complex…
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Church
St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in , , established in 1899. is situated 170 metres southwest of Orient House.
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Mosque
The is an octagonal Islamic shrine… is situated 1¼ km south of Orient House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab az-Zahra and Batei Ungarin.
Sir kiss, Public domain.
Suburb
is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the .
Sir kiss, Public domain.
Neighborhood
is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in , north-east of the .
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Suburb
, also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian…

Orient House

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Latitude
31.78905° or 31° 47′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.23001° or 35° 13′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6QJ+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 708509873
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Wiki­data ID
Q1433121

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Orient House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت الشرق”
  • Bengali: “ওরিয়েন্ট হাউস”
  • Chinese: “东方宫”
  • Czech: “Orient House”
  • Dutch: “Orient House”
  • Esperanto: “Orient House”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Domo”
  • French: “Maison d’Orient”
  • German: “Orienthaus”
  • Hebrew: “אוריינט האוס”
  • Hebrew: “האוריינט האוס”
  • Italian: “Orient House”
  • Japanese: “オリエントハウス”
  • Macedonian: “Ориент Хаус”
  • Portuguese: “Casa do Oriente”
  • Russian: “Ориент Хаус”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Oriente”
  • Spanish: “Orient House”
  • Turkish: “Orient House”

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