Yeusefiya Cemetery

Yeusefiya Cemetery is a cemetery in , . Yeusefiya Cemetery is situated nearby to the tourism office , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pool of Bethesda and Dome of the Rock.

Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The is referred to in John's Gospel in the Christian New Testament, in an account of Jesus healing a paralyzed man at a pool of water in , described as being near the Sheep Gate and surrounded by five covered colonnades or porticoes. is situated 200 metres west of Yeusefiya Cemetery.

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 520 metres southwest of Yeusefiya Cemetery.

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 700 metres south of Yeusefiya Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gethsemane and East Jerusalem.

Locality
Photo: Mewasul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the in , where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion.

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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.

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.

Yeusefiya Cemetery

Latitude
31.78209° or 31° 46′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.23794° or 35° 14′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JQ+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34245594
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Romanian—“Yeusefiya Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقبرة جوزيفيا”
  • Hebrew: “בית קברות יוספיה”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul Iosif”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pilgrim welcome centre and Saint Anne Church.

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