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Mamilla Cemetery

Mamilla Cemetery, sometimes called Ma'aman Allah Cemetery, is a historic Muslim cemetery in that dates back to the Crusades, and lies just to the west of the north-west corner of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, near the .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Abandoned Muslim cemetery outside Mamila pool Jerusalem.
  • Also known as: “Islamic necropolis”
  • Address: Jerusalem

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mamila Pool and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Reservoir
Photo: Abraham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mamilla Pool is one of several ancient that supplied water to the inhabitants of . It is located outside the walls of the Old City about 650 metres northwest of in the centre of the Mamilla Cemetery.

Church
Photo: jlascar, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of . is situated 1 km east of Mamilla Cemetery.

Museum
Photo: Mbkv717, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jerusalem is a museum, convention center and entertainment venue in downtown . is situated 120 metres northwest of Mamilla Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and Russian Compound.

Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in . It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.

Suburb
The is one of the oldest districts in central , featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim , some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the .

Photo: Ting Chen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Mamilla Cemetery

Latitude
31.77817° or 31° 46′ 41″ north
Longitude
35.22076° or 35° 13′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6HC+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44122871
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q1383277
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mamilla Cemetery” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mamilla Cemetery”. Photo: Auguste Salzmann, Public domain.