Omariya School

The Umariya Elementary School is a madrassa in the Muslim Quarter of 's Old City. It is located at the start of the Via Dolorosa, where it marks the First Station of the Cross, and is adjacent to the Convent of the Sisters of Zion.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: elementary school in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Umariya Elementary School”
  • Address: القدس

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Western Wall.

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 270 metres southeast of Omariya School.

Synagogue
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The is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the 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 the Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 380 metres south of Omariya School.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque, is the main congregational mosque or in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of . is situated 470 metres south of Omariya School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Old City.

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.

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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.

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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.

Omariya School

Latitude
31.78021° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.23412° or 35° 14′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JM+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290986900
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Wiki­data ID
Q7881159
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Omariya School” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدرسة العمرية”
  • Arabic: “مدرسة العمرية”
  • German: “Islamische Schule”
  • Hebrew: “בי’ס עומריה”
  • Hebrew: “בית הספר אל עומריה (ירושלים)”
  • Hebrew: “בית הספר אל עומריה”
  • Hungarian: “Omarija Muszlim Általános Iskola”
  • Italian: “Scuola Islamica”
  • Romanian: “Școala islamică”
  • Urdu: “مدرسہ عمریہ (یروشلم)”
  • Urdu: “مدرسہ عمریہ”

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