Hurva Plaza
Hurva Plaza is a square in West Bank, Palestine. Hurva Plaza is situated nearby to the neighborhood Jewish Quarter, as well as near Hurva Synagogue.Photo: Ricardo Tulio Gandelman, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hurva Synagogue and Western Wall.
Hurva Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Chesdovi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hurva Synagogue, also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Western Wall
Synagogue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 320 metres northeast of Hurva Plaza.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 390 metres east of Hurva Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jewish Quarter and Armenian Quarter.
Jewish Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Michael Kriegal, CC BY 2.0.
The Jewish Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the Armenian Quarter on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in the east.
Armenian Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Yonah baby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Armenian Quarter is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the Zion Gate and Jaffa Gate.
Old City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
Hurva Plaza
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Ha-khurba Square” and “Hurva Square, Jerusalem”
- Categories: pedestrian zone and locality
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.77529° or 31° 46′ 31″ northLongitude
35.23161° or 35° 13′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6GJ+4JOpenStreetMap ID
way 290730185OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q25492429
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Romanian—“Hurva Plaza” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة هورفا”
- Breton: “Plasenn Hourva”
- Czech: “náměstí Churva”
- Finnish: “Hurvan aukio”
- French: “Place Hourva”
- German: “Hurvaplatz”
- Hebrew: “כיכר החורבה”
- Hebrew: “רחבת החורבה”
- Romanian: “Piața Hurva”
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