Peace Forest

Peace forest is a forest in South - Southeast , between the neighbourhood and the Sherover Promenade. The Peace Forest was planted on a site identified with the biblical Azal river mentioned in the book of Zechariah.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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.

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 .

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jerusalem and Old City.

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is the largest city of Israel. Israel claims it as its capital and a few countries including the United States recognize that claim, but most other countries and the United Nations do not.

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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.

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represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.

Peace Forest

Latitude
31.7593° or 31° 45′ 33″ north
Longitude
35.2299° or 35° 13′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ65H+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 380279555
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
Wiki­data ID
Q7157376
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Satellite Map

Discover Peace Forest from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Peace Forest” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغابة السلمية”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “غابة السلام”
  • French: “Forêt de la Paix”
  • German: “Friedenswald”
  • Hebrew: “יער השלום”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fredsskogen”

Localities in the Area

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