Safra Square

Safra Square is a city square in . It is the site of the complex, which houses the municipal administration. Safra Square is located in a central part of the city, near the former seam line between and , a site chosen to symbolize its goal of serving all residents of Jerusalem.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jerusalem Townhall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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 .

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 620 metres east of Safra Square.

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The is the newest of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built in 1889 by the Ottomans under the directorship of the French consul and Franciscan brotherhood monkship order to provide direct access between the and the new neighborhoods then going up outside the walls. is situated 260 metres southeast of Safra Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Russian Compound and Jerusalem.

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 .

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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.

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.

Safra Square

Latitude
31.78035° or 31° 46′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.22369° or 35° 13′ 25″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 4709579
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2920363
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Safra Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان صفرا”
  • Armenian: “Սաֆրա հրապարակ”
  • Chinese: “萨夫拉广场”
  • Chinese: “薩夫拉廣場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان السفره”
  • Finnish: “Safran aukio”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר ספרא”
  • Ladino: “Plaza Safra”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад Сафра”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Safra”
  • Russian: “площадь Сафра”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Safra”
  • Yiddish: “כיכר ספרא”

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