Tombs of the Kings

The Tombs of the Kings are a rock-cut funerary complex in believed to be the burial site of Queen Helene of Adiabene, hence: Helena's Monuments.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: Burial site belonging to France in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Helena’s Monuments”, “Qobour el-Molouk”, and “Tombeau des Rois / קברי המלכים”
  • Address: צאלח א-דין, Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orient House and St. George’s Cathedral.

Public building
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is a building located in that served as the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1897 by Ismail Musa Al-Husseini, it has been owned by the Al-Husseini family since.

Church
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St. George's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in , , established in 1899. It became the seat of the Bishop of Jerusalem of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, having taken the title from , built 50 years before.

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 1¼ km southeast of Tombs of the Kings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bab az-Zahra and Batei Ungarin.

Suburb
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is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the . It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, to the east, and on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and to the west.

Neighborhood
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is a Haredi Jewish neighborhood in , north-east of the . It was built by Kolel Ungarin, a Jewish charity supporting Jews living in the Land of Israel.

Suburb
Beit Yisrael is a predominantly Haredi neighborhood in central . It is located just north of .

Tombs of the Kings

Latitude
31.78851° or 31° 47′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.22921° or 35° 13′ 45″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6QH+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 375109288
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q2916475
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tombs of the Kings” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قبور السلاطين”
  • Breton: “Bez ar Rouaned”
  • Chinese: “列王墓”
  • Czech: “Hrobka královny Heleny z Adiabene”
  • Czech: “Hrobka králů”
  • French: “Tombeau d’Hélène d’Adiabène”
  • French: “Tombeau des Monobaze”
  • French: “Tombeau des Rois”
  • German: “Grab der Helene von Adiabene”
  • Hebrew: “מערת המלכים”
  • Hebrew: “מערת כלבא שבוע”
  • Hebrew: “קברי המלכים”
  • Japanese: “王家の墓”
  • Polish: “Grobowce Królów”
  • Polish: “Grobowiec Królów”
  • Spanish: “Tumbas de los Reyes”
  • Urdu: “قبور سلاطین”

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