Mount of Olives Cemetery
Mount of Olives Cemetery is a cemetery in West Bank, Palestine. Mount of Olives Cemetery is situated nearby to the sports venue Silwan athletic club / pope boulos the 6th clinic, as well as near Monolith of Silwan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
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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 460 metres northwest of Mount of Olives Cemetery.
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… Dome of the Rock is situated 630 metres northwest of Mount of Olives Cemetery.
Western Wall
Synagogue
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The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. Western Wall is situated 590 metres northwest of Mount of Olives Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maale HaZeitim and Silwan.
Maale HaZeitim
Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, located on the Mount of Olives, near the Palestinian neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.
Silwan
Suburb
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Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; in the latter it is the location of Jesus' healing the man blind from birth.
Ras al-Amud
Suburb
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Ras al-Amud is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, overlooking the Palestinian neighborhoods of Silwan to the south and Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and bordering the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim to the north, which overlooks the Temple Mount.
Mount of Olives Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77345° or 31° 46′ 24″ northLongitude
35.23923° or 35° 14′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6FQ+9MOpenStreetMap ID
way 282982406OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Mount of Olives Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة جبل الزيتون”
- Hebrew: “חלקה הספרדים הצור”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Silwan athletic club / pope boulos the 6th clinic and Monolith of Silwan.
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