Tomb of the Virgin Mary

Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary or the Church of the Assumption, is a Christian church built around an ancient Judean rock-cut tomb in the – at the foot of , in – believed by Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Church of All Nations.

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 490 metres southwest of Tomb of the Virgin Mary.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of Gethsemane or the Basilica of the Agony, is a Catholic church located on the in , next to the Garden of . is situated 120 metres south of Tomb of the Virgin Mary.

Mosque
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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 610 metres southwest of Tomb of the Virgin Mary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and East Jerusalem.

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.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Tomb of the Virgin Mary

Latitude
31.78042° or 31° 46′ 50″ north
Longitude
35.23964° or 35° 14′ 23″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q968028
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Tomb of the Virgin Mary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبر السيدة العذراء مريم”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة قبر مريم”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة_قبر_مريم”
  • Armenian: “Մարիամ Աստվածածնի դամբարան”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Մարիամ Աստվածածնի գերեզման”
  • Breton: “Bez ar Werc’hez Vari”
  • Catalan: “Sepulcre de Maria”
  • Czech: “Hrob Panny Marie”
  • Czech: “Hrobka Bohorodice”
  • Danish: “Jomfru Marias grav”
  • Dutch: “Tomb of the Virgin Mary”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة قبر مريم”
  • Esperanto: “Tombo de Maria”
  • French: “Sépulcre de la Vierge Marie”
  • French: “Sépulcre de Marie”
  • Galician: “tumba da Virxe María”
  • Georgian: “ღვთისმშობლის საფლავი”
  • German: “Mariengrab”
  • Greek: “Ο τάφος της Παναγίας”
  • Greek: “Τάφος της Παναγίας”
  • Hebrew: “קבר מרים”
  • Hindi: “कुंवारी मैरी का मकबरा”
  • Hungarian: “Mária sírja”
  • Hungarian: “Szűz Mária sírja”
  • Indonesian: “Makam Bunda Maria”
  • Irish: “Tuama na Maighdine Muire”
  • Italian: “chiesa dell’Assunzione di Maria”
  • Italian: “Chiesa dell’Assunzione di Maria”
  • Italian: “Tomba di Maria”
  • Japanese: “聖母マリア墳墓教会”
  • Korean: “마리아의 무덤”
  • Lithuanian: “Marijos kapas”
  • Macedonian: “Гроб на Богородица”
  • Malay: “Makam Maryam”
  • Maltese: “Qabar tal-Verġni Marija”
  • Minangkabau: “Makam Bundo Maria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jomfru Marias grav”
  • Norwegian: “Jomfru Marias grav”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه مریم مقدس”
  • Polish: “Kościół Grobu Najświętszej Marii Panny”
  • Polish: “Kościół Grobu Najświętszej Maryi Panny”
  • Portuguese: “Sepulcro de Maria”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Ortodoxă Greacă „Mormântul Maicii Domnului””
  • Romanian: “Mormântul Fecioarei Maria”
  • Russian: “Гробница Богородицы”
  • Serbian: “Богородичин гроб”
  • Slovenian: “grob Device Marije”
  • Slovenian: “grob Marije”
  • Slovenian: “grob svete Marije”
  • Slovenian: “Marijin grob”
  • Spanish: “Sepulcro de Maria”
  • Spanish: “Sepulcro de María”
  • Spanish: “Tumba de la Virgen María”
  • Turkish: “Bakire Meryem’in Kabri”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Богородиці”
  • Ukrainian: “Гробниця Діви Марії”
  • Urdu: “کنواری مریم کا مقبرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Mộ Đức Trinh nữ Maria”
  • Welsh: “Beddrod y Forwyn Fair”
  • Western Frisian: “Grêf fan Marije”
  • Western Panjabi: “مریم دی قبر”

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