Beit Hatzofeh Lookout
Beit Hatzofeh Lookout is a scenic viewpoint in West Bank, Palestine. Beit Hatzofeh Lookout is situated nearby to the park City of David Visitors Center, as well as near the archaeological site Stepped Stone Structure.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Aqsa Mosque and Western Wall.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Mosque
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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 230 metres north of Beit Hatzofeh Lookout.
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 330 metres northwest of Beit Hatzofeh Lookout.
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… Dome of the Rock is situated 430 metres north of Beit Hatzofeh Lookout.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silwan and Jewish Quarter.
Silwan
Suburb
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; in the latter it is the location of Jesus' healing the man blind from birth.
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.
Maale HaZeitim
Neighborhood
Ma'ale HaZeitim is a Jewish Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, located on the Mount of Olives, near the Palestinian neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. In 2010, its inhabitants numbered some 250 people belonging to 50 families.
Beit Hatzofeh Lookout
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Wheelchair access: yes
- Category: tourism
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77418° or 31° 46′ 27″ northLongitude
35.23609° or 35° 14′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6FP+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 324193641OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
“Beit Hatzofeh Lookout” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “תצפית בית הצופה”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include City of David Visitors Center and Stepped Stone Structure.
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