Omariya School
The Umariya Elementary School is a madrassa in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem'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.- 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.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. 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. Dome of the Rock is situated 270 metres southeast of Omariya School.
Western Wall
Synagogue
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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 380 metres south of Omariya School.
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 470 metres south of Omariya School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Old City.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Old City
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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.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Omariya School
- Category: education
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78021° or 31° 46′ 49″ northLongitude
35.23412° or 35° 14′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6JM+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 290986900OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata 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”
- Hungarian: “Omarija Muszlim Általános Iskola”
- Italian: “Scuola Islamica”
- Romanian: “Școala islamică”
- Urdu: “مدرسہ عمریہ (یروشلم)”
- Urdu: “مدرسہ عمریہ”
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