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.

Peak
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.

Place of worship
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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
The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the 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
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
is a neighborhood on the approximately 1 km east of the Old City of . is situated in , occupied and later effectively annexed 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
8G3QQ6HR+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280345343
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q1238436
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Frisian—“Dominus Flevit Church” goes by many names.
  • 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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