St. Anne Seminary

St. Anne Seminary is a building in , which is located on Lion’s Gate. St. Anne Seminary is situated nearby to the archaeological site , as well as near the church .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pool of Bethesda and Dome of the Rock.

Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in , described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes.

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 330 metres south of St. Anne Seminary.

Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Anne is a French Catholic church and part of the French national domain in the Holy Land located in the of the Old City of , near the start of the Via Dolorosa, next to the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and East Jerusalem.

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.

Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Locality
Photo: Mewasul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

St. Anne Seminary

Latitude
31.78089° or 31° 46′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.23605° or 35° 14′ 10″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JP+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 288395732
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Romanian—“St. Anne Seminary” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لاهوتية القديسة حنة”
  • Romanian: “Seminarul catolic „Sfânta Ana””

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Highlights include Pool of Israel location and House and birthplace of Virgin Mary.

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