Zedekiah’s cave

Zedekiah's Cave, also known as Solomon's Quarries, is a 5-acre underground meleke limestone quarry under the of the of that runs the length of five city blocks, named after King Zedekiah.
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  • Opening hours:
    Sunday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Friday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: cave in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “King Solomon’s Quarries” and “Zedekiah’s Cave”
  • Address: סולטן סולימאן, ירושלים

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Damascus Gate and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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The is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to , which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times… is situated 110 metres southwest of Zedekiah’s cave.

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 460 metres south of Zedekiah’s cave.

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 610 metres southeast of Zedekiah’s cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and East Jerusalem.

Neighborhood
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The is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled . It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.

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is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.

Suburb
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is an Arab neighborhood in , north of the . It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, to the east, and on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and to the west.

Zedekiah’s cave

Latitude
31.78229° or 31° 46′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.23126° or 35° 13′ 53″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6JJ+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 624799545
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q184272
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Zedekiah’s cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مغارة سليمان”
  • Basque: “Zedekiasen haitzuloa”
  • Chinese: “西底家洞”
  • Czech: “Sidkiášova jeskyně”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف صدقيا”
  • French: “grotte de Sédécias”
  • French: “Grotte de Sédécias”
  • German: “Zedekia Höhle”
  • German: “Zedekia-Höhle”
  • Hebrew: “מערת צדקיהו”
  • Japanese: “ゼデキアの洞窟”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zedekiahgrotta”
  • Russian: “Пещера Седекии (Цедкияху)”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Sedecias”
  • Spanish: “Cueva de Sedecías”
  • Turkish: “Zedekiah Mağarası”

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