Mamila Pool
Mamilla Pool is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is located outside the walls of the Old City about 650 metres northwest of Jaffa Gate in the centre of the Mamilla Cemetery.Photo: Abraham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Pond (intermittent)
- Description: Mamilla Pool is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of the Old City of Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Mamilla Pool”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mamilla Cemetery and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Mamilla Cemetery
Archaeological site
Photo: Auguste Salzmann, Public domain.
Mamilla Cemetery, sometimes called Ma'aman Allah Cemetery, is a historic Muslim cemetery in West Jerusalem that dates back to the Crusades, and lies just to the west of the north-west corner of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, near the New Gate.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
Museum of Tolerance
Museum
Photo: Mbkv717, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem is a museum, convention center and entertainment venue in downtown Jerusalem. Museum of Tolerance is situated 140 metres north of Mamila Pool.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and Russian Compound.
Nahalat Shiva
Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in Jerusalem. It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.
Russian Compound
Suburb
The Russian Compound is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim hostels, some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the Museum of Underground Prisoners.
West Jerusalem
Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Mamila Pool
- Categories: artificial pond, body of water, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.77798° or 31° 46′ 41″ northLongitude
35.22062° or 35° 13′ 14″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6HC+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 287464874OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yesWikidata ID
Q2905533
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mamila Pool” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بركة مأمن الله”
- Chinese: “瑪米拉蓄水池”
- French: “piscine de Mamilla”
- French: “Piscine de Mamilla”
- German: “Mamilla-Becken”
- Hebrew: “בריכת ממילא”
- Hebrew: “ברכת ממילא”
- Italian: “Piscina di Mamilla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mamillabassenget”
- Polish: “Mamila (sadzawka)”
- Polish: “Mamilla (sadzawka)”
- Polish: “Mamilla”
- Romanian: “Bazinul Mamilla”
- Spanish: “Piscina de Mamila”
- Spanish: “piscina de Mamilla”
- Venetian: “Stagno Piscina de Mamila”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mamilla Pool and Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem.
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