Independence Park

Independence Park is a municipal park in bounded by Agron Street, King George Street, Hillel Street, and Menashe Ben Yisrael Street. It is Jerusalem's second largest park.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Gan HaAtzmaut”, “Independence Park (Jerusalem)”, and “Independence Park Jerusalem”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and 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 Independence Park.

Archaeological site
Photo: Auguste Salzmann, Public domain.
, 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 . is situated 220 metres northeast of Independence Park.

Pond
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 . is situated 200 metres east of Independence Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and West Jerusalem.

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.

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.

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 .

Independence Park

Latitude
31.77741° or 31° 46′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.21865° or 35° 13′ 7″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6G9+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4705691
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q589512
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Independence Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة الاستقلال”
  • Armenian: “Անկախության այգի (Երուսաղեմ)”
  • Armenian: “Անկախության այգի”
  • Chinese: “独立公园”
  • Chinese: “獨立公園”
  • Finnish: “Itsenäisyyspuisto”
  • French: “parc de l’Indépendance”
  • French: “Parc de l’Indépendance”
  • German: “Unabhängigkeitspark”
  • Hebrew: “גן העצמאות (ירושלים)”
  • Hebrew: “גן העצמאות בירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “גן העצמאות”
  • Hebrew: “גן הרי וילף”
  • Hindi: “आजादी पार्क”
  • Spanish: “Parque de la Independencia”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк Незалежності (Єрусалим)”
  • Ukrainian: “Парк Незалежності”

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