Dominus Flevit Church

Dominus Flevit is a Roman Catholic church on the , opposite the walls of the Old City of in . During construction of the sanctuary, archaeologists uncovered artifacts dating back to the Canaanite period, as well as tombs from the Second Temple and Byzantine eras.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Catholic church building in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Dominus Flevit”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount of Olives and Dome of the Rock.

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The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Mosque
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The is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the in the . 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. is situated 630 metres west of Dominus Flevit Church.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of . is situated 630 metres west of Dominus Flevit Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and Maale HaZeitim.

Locality
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is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in , located on the , near the Palestinian neighborhood of . In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the approximately 1 km east of the Old City of . is situated in , occupied by Israel after the Six-Day War in 1967.

Dominus Flevit Church

Latitude
31.77799° or 31° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.24191° or 35° 14′ 31″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q1238436
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Dominus Flevit Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة دومينوس فولويط”
  • Bulgarian: “Доминус Флевит”
  • Chinese: “主哭耶京堂”
  • Chinese: “主泣教堂”
  • Dutch: “Dominus Flevit”
  • French: “Dominus flevit”
  • French: “Église Dominus flevit”
  • German: “Dominus Flevit Kirche”
  • German: “Dominus flevit”
  • German: “Kapelle von der Ohnmacht Unserer Lieben Frau”
  • Hebrew: “דומינוס פלוויט”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית דומינוס פלוויט”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית דומינוס פלויט”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית הדמעה”
  • Italian: “chiesa del Dominus Flevit”
  • Italian: “Chiesa del Dominus Flevit”
  • Italian: “Dominus Flevit - Pianto di Gesù”
  • Korean: “예수님 눈물교회”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Dominus Flevit”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Flere”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Flevit”
  • Latin: “Eclesia Dominus Flevit”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Доминус Флевит”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dominus Flevit-kirken”
  • Norwegian: “Dominus Flevit-kirken”
  • Polish: “Dominus flevit”
  • Portuguese: “Dominus Flevit”
  • Romanian: “Biserica catolică „Plângerea Ierusalimului””
  • Russian: “Церковь Доминус Флевит”
  • Spanish: “iglesia del Dominus Flevit”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia del dominus flevit”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia del Dominus Flevit”
  • Swedish: “Jesu tårars kyrka”
  • Tamil: “ஆண்டவர் அழுத தேவாலயம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Dominus Flevit”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Сліз Господніх”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Chúa khóc”
  • Western Frisian: “Dominus flevit”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Necropolis and פרושים גוש ישן תת חלקה ט.

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