Jerusalem - information about the city
Jerusalem - tourist attractions
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Mount of Olives | The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: הר הזיתים , Har HaZeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور , Jebel az-Zeitun) is a mountain ridge east of Jerusalem's Old City in East Jerusalem. It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. It is said by believers that Jesus gave an end-... |
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Zion Square | Zion Square (Hebrew: כיכר ציון , Kikar Tziyon) is a public square at the east end of the Ben Yehuda Street Pedestrian Mall in downtown Jerusalem. It abuts Jaffa Road, Herbert Samuel Street and Yoel Moshe Salomon Street as well. In August 2012, it was the site of the Zion Square assault. |
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Jerusalem Historical City Hall Building | The Jerusalem Historical City Hall Building (as it is now called) was one of the four public buildings constructed in Jerusalem by the British administration. It was built by the City of Jerusalem during the British mandate after the previous City Hall became insufficient for the needs of the burgeo... |
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Al-Aqsa Mosque | Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى al-Masjid al-Aqsa, [ʔælˈmæsʒɪd ælˈʔɑqsˤɑ], "the Farthest Mosque,") also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas, is the third holiest site in Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The site on which the silver domed mosque sits, along with the Dome of ... |
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Jerusalem Botanical Gardens | The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (JBG) is located in the neighborhood of Nayot in Jerusalem, on the southeastern edge of the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The garden is arranged in phytogeographic sections, featuring flora of various regions around the world. The Jerusalem B... |
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Shrine of the Book | The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר , Heikhal HaSefer), a wing of the Israel Museum near Givat Ram in Jerusalem, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls — discovered 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran. Initially, it was intended to build the shrine on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew Uni... |
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Bible Lands Museum | The Bible Lands Museum (מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים) is a museum in Jerusalem, Israel, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible, among them the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians. The aim of the museum is to put t... |
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National Library of Israel | The National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית formerly: Jewish National and University Library, בית הספרים הלאומי והאוניברסיטאי), is the national library of Israel. The library holds more than 5 million books, and is located on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Natio... |
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Yad Vashem | Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יד ושם) is Israel 's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Lawpassed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. Yad Vashem is located on the western slope of Mount Herzl on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, 804 meters... |
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Jerusalem Biblical Zoo | The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem (Hebrew: גן החיות התנ"כי בירושלים על שם משפחת טיש , Arabic: حديقة الحيوان الكتابية في أورشليم القدس Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaiwān al-Kitābiyyah fī 'Urushalīm al-Quds), popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of... |
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Relevant data
Geographical coordinates:
31.78, 35.23
Approximate population: 780,200
Approximate population: 780,200
The oldest constructions
- Stepped Stone Structure (-1000 - -900, ?)
- Al-Aqsa Mosque (660 - 691, ?)
- Dome of the Rock (687 - 691, ?)
- Jerusalem Historical City Hall Building (? - 1930, 1930)
- Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (1931 - ?, 1985)
The highest points
- Mount of Olives (818 m.)
- Jerusalem Chords Bridge (118 m.)
- Al-Aqsa Mosque (37 m.)
- Western Wall (19 m.)
- Stepped Stone Structure (18.3 m.)
The longest objects
- Jerusalem Chords Bridge (360 m.)
Most active architects
- Frederick John Kiesler (1)
- Gezer Heller (1)
- Santiago Calatrava (1)
- Antonio Barluzzi (1)
- Armand Phillip Bartos (1)