Asirei HaMahtarot

Museum of Underground Prisoners is a museum in , commemorating the activity of the Jewish underground—Haganah, Irgun and Lehi—during the period leading up the establishment of the State of Israel.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Jerusalem, commemorating the activity of the Jewish underground - Haganah, Irgun and Lehi - during the period leading up the establishment of the State of Israel
  • Also known as: “Museum of Underground Prisoners”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Jerusalem Townhall.

Church
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The , also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the of the of . is situated 670 metres southeast of Asirei HaMahtarot.

Town hall
The Jerusalem Municipality, the seat of the municipal administration, consists of a number of buildings located on Jaffa Road in the city of . is situated 120 metres south of Asirei HaMahtarot.

Church
The Holy Trinity Cathedral is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, located at the heart of the so-called in central Jerusalem. The cathedral was built in 1860–1872 by a Russian Orthodox Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, when the Holy City was part of the Ottoman Empire. is situated 120 metres west of Asirei HaMahtarot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Russian Compound and Musrara.

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 Museum of Underground Prisoners.

Suburb
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is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now . It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of and to the north, by the and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.

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.

Asirei HaMahtarot

Latitude
31.78191° or 31° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.22407° or 35° 13′ 27″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 44168865
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2905161
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Asirei HaMahtarot” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف السجناء تحت الأرض”
  • Hebrew: “היכל הגבורה”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון אסירי המחתרות - ירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון אסירי המחתרות”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Więźniów Podziemia”
  • Russian: “Мариинское подворье”
  • Russian: “Музей узников подполья”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include מרכז קנדה and Matnas Musrara.

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