List of places in Jerusalem
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This article lists significant public places in the city of Jerusalem.
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Neighborhoods
[edit]Major thoroughfares
[edit]- Bethlehem Road (part of Highway 60)
- Hebron Road-King David Street-Bar-Lev Boulevard
- Begin Expressway
- Ben Yehuda Street
- Emek Refaim Street
- Golomb-Herzog-Ben-Zvi Boulevard
- Herzl Boulevard
- Jaffa Road
- King George Street
- Gaza Street
- Keren HaYesod Street
- Yigael Yadin Boulevard
-
Begin Expressway with noise barriers -
Emek Refaim street, Jerusalem
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Landmarks
[edit]- American Colony
- Menachem Begin Heritage Center
- Chords Bridge
- David's Citadel
- Jerusalem YMCA[1]
- Jerusalem War Cemetery
- Montefiore Windmill
- Mormon University, Mt. Scopus
- Russian Compound
- Safra Square
- Tolerance Monument
- Yad Kennedy
- Yad Vashem
- Teddy Fountain
-
Chords Bridge -
Tolerance Monument -
Yad Kennedy in sunset -
Jerusalem War Cemetery
Parks
[edit]- Ammunition Hill
- Independence Park
- Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
- Gilo Park
- HaMifletzet Park (Monster Park) with Niki de Saint Phalle's Golem
- Liberty Bell Park
- Nayot Park
- Peace Forest
- Ramat Denya Park
- Sacher Park
- Sherover Promenade
- Train Track Park
- Valley of the Cross
- Wohl Rose Garden
-
The Golem, known as "the Monster" -
Ammunition Hill -
Skatepark in Liberty Bell Park -
Sherover Promenade
Ancient tombs
[edit]- Cave of the Ramban
- David's Tomb
- Garden Tomb
- Herod Family Tomb
- Holy Sepulchre
- Jason's Tomb
- Tomb of Absalom
- Tomb of Simeon the Just
- Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
- Tomb of the Virgin Mary
- Tomb of Zechariah
- Tombs of the Kings
- Tombs of the Sanhedrin
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Caves, tunnels and quarries
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Museums
[edit]- Israel Museum – the national museum of Israel
- Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
- Bloomfield Science Museum
- Herzl Museum
- Jerusalem Tax Museum
- L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art
- Museum on the Seam
- Museum of Italian Jewish Art
- Natural History Museum
- Rockefeller Museum of Archeology; now administered as part of the Israel Museum
- Siebenberg House – private archaeology museum in the Old City
- Ticho House; now administered as part of the Israel Museum
- Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem
- Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
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Hospitals
[edit]- ALYN Hospital Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center[2]
- Augusta Victoria Hospital
- Bikur Cholim Hospital[3]
- Hadassah Medical Center (Hadassah hospital), Mount Scopus
- Hadassah Medical Center (Hadassah hospital), Ein Kerem
- Herzog Hospital (Ezrat Nashim)[4]
- Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center
- Misgav Ladach (now a Kupat Holim diagnostic center)
- Makassed Hospital (al-Maqasid; al-Quds University Hospital)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center[5]
- St. John Ophthalmic Hospital[6]
- St. Joseph Hospital
- French Hospice
-
Saint Louis Hospital, Jerusalem -
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Hadassah Medical Center (Hadassah hospital), Mount Scopus
Hotels
[edit]- Agripas Boutique Hotel
- American Colony Hotel
- Mount of Olives Hotel
- King David Hotel
- David Citadel Hotel
- Jerusalem Gate Hotel
- Jerusalem Plaza Hotel
- Inbal Hotel
- Jerusalem Pearl Hotel
- Three Arches Hotel
- Mount Zion Hotel
- Ramada Renaissance Hotel
- Little House in Bakah
- Scottish Guesthouse
- Prima Royale hotel
- Prima Kings hotel
- Dan Panorama Hotel
- Ramat Rachel Hotel
- Seven Arches Hotel
- The Olive Tree Hotel
- Lev Yerushalayim Hotel
Government institutions
[edit]- Bank of Israel
- Knesset – the Israeli parliament
- Supreme Court of Israel
Educational institutions
[edit]Universities and colleges
[edit]
- Al-Quds University
- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center - University owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Jerusalem College of Engineering[7]
- Jerusalem College of Technology[8]
- L'Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise
- David Yellin Teachers' College
- Emuna College
- Hadassah School of Medicine
- Hadassah College
- Hebrew Union College
Yeshivas
[edit]- Ateret Cohanim
- Beit El Synagogue, for Sephardi students of Kabbalah
- Brisk yeshivas
- Conservative Yeshiva
- Kol Torah Yeshiva
- Lakewood East (Israeli branch of Lakewood yeshiva)
- Mercaz HaRav
- Mirrer Yeshiva
- Porat Yosef Yeshiva
- Pressburg Yeshiva
- Sfas Emes Yeshiva
- Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, for Ashkenazi students of Kabbalah
- Torah Ore
- Toldot Yeshurun-Yeshiva for Russian Speakers
- Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi
- Yeshivat HaKotel
Religious sites
[edit]In ruins
[edit]Multiple religions
[edit]- Chapel of the Ascension – part of a mosque, but venerated by most Christian denominations
- Mount Zion
- Cenacle – now state property, not part of any church
- Temple Mount / Al-Aqsa Compound
- Well of Souls or Holy of Holies, the cave under the Dome of the Rock
Jewish
[edit]Christian
[edit]
Multiple denominational
[edit]Catholic (Roman and Eastern)
[edit]- Annunciation Cathedral – Melkite Greek Catholic
- Church of All Nations or of Agony, Gethsemane
- Church of Bethphage
- Church of Our Lady of the Spasm – Armenian Catholic
- Church of St. John the Baptist (Ein Karem, Jerusalem)
- Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
- Church of the Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross
- Church of the Flagellation
- Church of the Pater Noster
- Church of the Visitation (Ein Karem, Jerusalem)
- Co-Cathedral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus
- Convent of the Sisters of Zion
- Dominus Flevit Church
- Dormition Abbey
- Ecce Homo (church), part of the Convent of the Sisters of Zion
- Garden of Gethsemane
- Grotto of Gethsemane
- St Anne's Church
- St. Stephen's Basilica (Saint-Étienne)
- St. Thomas Church or Cathedral – Syriac Catholic
- St. Vincent de Paul Chapel, Jerusalem
- Via Dolorosa
Eastern Orthodox
[edit]
- Church of Maria Magdalene – Russian Orthodox
- Church of St Alexander Nevsky – Russian Orthodox
- Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Russian Compound – Russian Orthodox
- Monastery of the Cross – Greek Orthodox
- Romanian Orthodox Church, part of the Romanian Patriarchy's Representation to the Holy Places
- Convent of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, with the Church of the Ascension and the Church of the Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist – Russian Orthodox
- St John the Baptist Church – Greek Orthodox
- St. Symeon of Katamonas, church and convent – Greek Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
[edit]
- Cathedral of St. James – Armenian Apostolic
- Church of the Holy Archangels – Armenian Apostolic
- Ethiopian Church – Ethiopian Orthodox
- "Deir es-Sultan" Coptic Monastery – Coptic Orthodox, contested by the Ethiopians
- Saint Mark Monastery Of Jerusalem – Syriac Orthodox
- St. Toros Church – Armenian Apostolic
Protestant
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- Christ Church
- Ascension Church at the German Augusta Victoria Foundation – Evangelical Church in Germany
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer – Evangelical Church in Germany
- St. George's Cathedral – Anglican
- St Andrew's, aka the Scottish Church – Church of Scotland.
- The Garden Tomb – non-denominational, but popular with Evangelicals, Anglicans and other Protestants
Pilgrim hostels
[edit]- Austrian Hospice on Via Dolorosa
- Polish House "Dom Polski", nunneries with pilgrim hostels run by Polish Sisters of Saint Elizabeth (Old and New, Polish articles), Old City and Homa haShlishit ('Third Wall') Street
- Romanian Orthodox Mission to the Holy Land, Homa haShlishit ('Third Wall') Street
- Russian Compound: several former pilgrim hostels
Islamic
[edit]
- Haram ash-Sharif (Temple Mount)
- Jami al-Aqsa
- Dome of the Rock
- Well of Souls or Holy of Holies, the cave under the Dome of the Rock
- Dome of the Chain
- Fountain of Qayt Bay
- Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya
- Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque
- Al-Yaqubi Mosque – the Crusader Church of St. James Intercisus, transformed after 1187 into a mosque
- Mosque of Omar, next to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Cemeteries
[edit]Multi-religious
[edit]- Indian War Cemetery, Talpiot
- Jerusalem British War Cemetery
- Mount Herzl National Cemetery – civilian and military
- Tabachnik Garden on Mt Scopus: the main American Colony Cemetery (Protestant) and Bentwich Cemetery (Jewish)
Jewish
[edit]
- Har HaMenuchot, Givat Shaul[10]
- Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery[10]
- Sanhedria Cemetery
- Sheikh Badr Jewish Cemetery
Christian
[edit]- Mount Zion cemeteries:
- Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery
- other cemeteries on Mount Zion: Armenian Apostolic, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim
- Templer Cemetery, Emek Refaim
Muslim
[edit]- Bab Sitni Mariam Cemetery – Muslim cemetery next to Lions' Gate
See also
[edit]
- List of East Jerusalem locations
- List of Jerusalem embassies
- List of mosques in Jerusalem
- The Old City gates, an overview
References
[edit]- ^ Jerusalem International YMCA – Architecture: the building[usurped]
- ^ Alyn Hospital Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bikur Cholim Hospital Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Herzog Hospital web site
- ^ "Shaare zedek Hospital". Archived from the original on 2006-06-13. Retrieved 2006-06-27.
- ^ The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
- ^ The Jerusalem College of Engineering Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ About the Jerusalem College of Technology Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Beckles Willson, Rachel (2013). Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West. Cambridge University Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781107036567.
- ^ a b Rosoff, David (2005). קדושים אשר בארץ Kedoshim Asher Baarets. Otsar Hatorah Institute.