Dome of al-Khalili

The Dome of al-Khalili or the Hebronite is a small domed-building located in the central platform of the , north of the in the Old City of .
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: small building on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Western Wall.

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.

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 Arab world and Islamic world as the Buraq Wall. is situated 180 metres south of Dome of al-Khalili.

Mosque
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The Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel, is the main congregational mosque or in the compound in the Old City of . is situated 260 metres south of Dome of al-Khalili.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old City and Muslim Quarter.

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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 ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Dome of al-Khalili

Latitude
31.7784° or 31° 46′ 42″ north
Longitude
35.23477° or 35° 14′ 5″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dome of al-Khalili” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فبة الخلیلی”
  • Arabic: “قبة الخليلي”
  • Arabic: “قبة الشيخ الخليلي”
  • Bengali: “আল-খলিলী গম্বুজ”
  • Chinese: “哈利利圆顶寺”
  • Czech: “dóm Hebronského”
  • Dutch: “Koepel van al-Khalili”
  • German: “Hebrondom”
  • Greek: “Θόλος του αλ-Χαλίλι”
  • Hebrew: “כיפת חברון”
  • Hungarian: “Al-Khalili kupola (hebronita)”
  • Italian: “Cupola di al-Khalili”
  • Macedonian: “Купола Ал Калили”
  • Macedonian: “Купола ел-Калили”
  • Romanian: “Cupola Hebron”
  • Russian: “Купол Халили”
  • Turkish: “Halili Kubbesi”
  • Urdu: “قبہ خلیلی”

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