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[]

    Major thoroughfares[]

    Begin Expressway with noise barriers

    Landmarks[]

    Chords Bridge

    Parks[]

    The Golem, known as "the Monster"
    Gan Hapaamon (Liberty Bell Garden)

    Ancient tombs[]

    Tomb of Zechariah

    Caves, tunnels and quarries[]

    Museums[]

    Rockefeller Museum
    Yad Vashem
    • Israel Museum – the national museum of Israel
    • Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
    • Bloomfield Science Museum
    • Herzl Museum
    • L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art
    • Museum on the Seam
    • 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

    Hospitals[]

    • ALYN Hospital Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center[2]
    • Augusta Victoria Hospital
    • Bikur Cholim Hospital[3]
    • Hadassah hospital (Mount Scopus)
    • Hadassah hospital (Ein Kerem)
    • Herzog Hospital (Ezrat Nashim)[4]
    • Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center
    • Misgav Ladach (now a Kupat Holim diagnostic center)
    • (Al-Maqasid)
    • Shaare Zedek Medical Center[5]
    • St. John Ophthalmic Hospital[6]
    • St. Joseph Hospital

    Hotels[]

    King David Hotel
    Prima Kings Hotel

    Government institutions[]

    Israel Supreme Court
    • Bank of Israel
    • Knesset – the Israeli parliament
    • Supreme Court of Israel

    Educational institutions[]

    Universities and colleges[]

    Hebrew University Jerusalem IL WV
    • 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]
    • Hebrew Union College

    Yeshivas[]

    Religious sites[]

    In ruins[]

    • Church of St. Mary of the Germans
    • Nea Ekklesia of the Theotokos

    Multiple religions[]

    • 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
      • Well of Souls or Holy of Holies, the cave under the Dome of the Rock

    Jewish[]

    Main article: Synagogues of Jerusalem

    Christian[]

    Church of All Nations near Mount of Olives in Jerusalem

    Multiple denominational[]

    • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    • Tomb of the Virgin Mary

    Catholic (Roman and Eastern)[]

    Eastern Orthodox[]

    • Church of Maria Magdalene – Russian Orthodox
    • – 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[]

    • 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[]

    • Christ Church
    • Church of the Ascension 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

    Islamic[]

    The Dome of the Rock, seen through the Cotton Merchants' Gate (Bab al-Qattanin)

    Cemeteries[]

    Multi-religious[]

    • 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[]

    Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery

    Christian[]

    • Mount Zion cemeteries:
      • Protestant Mount Zion Cemetery
      • other cemeteries on Mount Zion: Armenian Apostolic, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim
    • , Emek Refaim

    Muslim[]

    • Bab Sitni Mariam Cemetery – Muslim cemetery next to Lions' Gate

    See also[]

    References[]

    1. ^ Jerusalem International YMCA – Architecture: the building
    2. ^ Alyn Hospital Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
    3. ^ Bikur Cholim Hospital Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
    4. ^ Herzog Hospital web site
    5. ^ Shaare zedek Hospital
    6. ^ The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
    7. ^ The Jerusalem College of Engineering Archived 2007-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
    8. ^ About the Jerusalem College of Technology Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
    9. ^ Jump up to: a b Rosoff, David (2005). קדושים אשר בארץ Kedoshim Asher Baarets. Otsar Hatorah Institute.

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