Alexander Compound

Alexander's Courtyard, also known as the Alexander compound, is a group of historic buildings in the of the registered to the government of the Russian Empire.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: church building in Jerusalem, Israel
  • Also known as: “Alexander Courtyard” and “Alexander’s Courtyard”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Mosque of Omar.

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 .

Mosque
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The is a , located inside the Old City of . Situated opposite the southern courtyard of the , in the area of the , the mosque is not open to tourists, and can be accessed only for praying.

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. is situated 460 metres east of Alexander Compound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Christian Quarter and Old City.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of , the other three being the , the and the .

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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.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four traditional quarters of the . The area lies in the southwestern sector of the walled city, and stretches from the Zion Gate in the south, along the on the west, up to the Street of the Chain in the north and extends to the and the in the east.

Alexander Compound

Latitude
31.77827° or 31° 46′ 42″ north
Longitude
35.23042° or 35° 13′ 50″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6HJ+85
Open­Street­Map ID
way 612045222
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q663745
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Alexander Compound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة ألكسندر نيفسكي”
  • Arabic: “كنيسة الكسندر نيفسكي”
  • Arabic: “مجمع الكسندر”
  • Belarusian: “Аляксандраўскі падворак”
  • Breton: “Mision Sant-Aleksandr”
  • Czech: “Alexandrovský komplex”
  • French: “Mission Saint-Alexandre de Jérusalem”
  • German: “Alexanderhof”
  • Hebrew: “חצר אלכסנדר”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית אלכסנדר נבסקי”
  • Hebrew: “מתחם אלכסנדר”
  • Russian: “Александровское подворье в Иерусалиме”
  • Russian: “Александровское подворье”
  • Ukrainian: “Олександрівське подвір’я (Єрусалим)”
  • Ukrainian: “Олександрівське подвір’я”
  • Urdu: “کلیسائے الیگزنڈر نیوسکی (القدس)”
  • Urdu: “کلیسائے الیگزنڈر نیوسکی”

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