Mosque of Omar

The Mosque of Omar is a , located inside the Old City of . Situated opposite the southern courtyard of the , in the area of the , the mosque is not open to tourists, and can be accessed only for praying.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Muristan Market.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of .

Marketplace
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The Muristan is a complex of streets and shops in the of the . It was the location of the Bimaristan built by Saladin adjacent to an older hospital built by the Knights Hospitaller.

Mosque
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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 530 metres east of Mosque of Omar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Quarter and Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the , the and the .

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The of Jerusalem is that part of surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of . Located in the southwestern corner of the Old City, it can be accessed through the and .

Mosque of Omar

Latitude
31.77788° or 31° 46′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.22965° or 35° 13′ 47″ east
Roof shape
hipped
Open location code
8G3QQ6HH+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290821793
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Wiki­data ID
Q2151217
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mosque of Omar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد عمر بن الخطاب”
  • Arabic: “مسجد عمر”
  • Bengali: “উমর মসজিদ (জেরুজালেম)”
  • Bengali: “উমর মসজিদ”
  • Breton: “Moskeenn Omar”
  • Bulgarian: “Джамия на Омар”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita d’Úmar (Jerusalem)”
  • Catalan: “Mesquita d’Úmar”
  • Central Kurdish: “مزگەوتی عومەر کوڕی خەتتاب”
  • Chinese: “奥马尔清真寺”
  • Czech: “Omarova mešita”
  • Dutch: “Omarmoskee (Jeruzalem)”
  • Dutch: “Omarmoskee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد عمر”
  • Esperanto: “Moskeo de Omaro”
  • French: “mosquée d’Omar”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Omar”
  • German: “Omar Moschee”
  • German: “Omar-Moschee”
  • Hebrew: “מסגד עומר”
  • Hindi: “उमर मस्जिद”
  • Hungarian: “Omár-mecset”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Umar”
  • Italian: “Moschea di Omar”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Omar i Yerusalemu”
  • Macedonian: “Омарова џамија”
  • Malay: “Masjid Umar”
  • Persian: “مسجد عمر (اورشلیم)”
  • Persian: “مسجد عمر”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Омара”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Omar”
  • Swedish: “Omarmoskén”
  • Turkish: “Hz Ömer Cami”
  • Turkish: “Hz. Ömer Camii”
  • Ukrainian: “Мечеть Омара”
  • Urdu: “مسجد عمر”
  • Uzbek: “Umar masjidi”
  • Welsh: “Mosg Umar (Jeriwsalem)”
  • Welsh: “Mosg Umar”
  • Western Mari: “Омар мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد عمر”

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