Jerusalem

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Jerusalem, Flag of Israel.svg Israel

العربية: القدس (بالعبرية الحديثة: ירושלים يروشاليم، بالعبرية التوراتية: ירושלם، والمعروفة أيضًا باسم أورشليم) هي مدينة قديمة ذات أهمية عظيمة بالنسبة لأتباع الدينات السماوية الثلاث: اليهودية، المسيحية، والإسلام، وهي تقع حاليًا ضمن حدود إسرائيل، التي تعتبرها عاصمتها وأكبر مدنها، كذلك فإن العرب يعتبرونها عاصمة فلسطين.
English: Jerusalem (Modern Hebrew: ירושלים Yerushaláyim, Biblical Hebrew: ירושלם, Christian Arabic: أورشليم Urshalim, Muslim Arabic: القدس al-Quds) is an ancient city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is the largest city and self-proclaimed capital of both Israel and Palestine.
עברית: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (בערבית: القـُدْس,‏ או أُورشَلِم‏) היא עיר הבירה של מדינת ישראל והעיר הגדולה ביותר בה, עם למעלה מ-800 אלף תושבים.
Español: Jerusalén es una ciudad de Israel, es la ciudad más grande del país y autoproclamada capital
Jerusalem 
Jerusalem Dome of the rock BW 14.JPG
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ancient city in the Judean Mountains
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Instance ofcity,
big city,
capital,
administrative territorial entity of Israel
Part ofGreater Jerusalem
Named after
  • Shalim
LocationJerusalem District, Israel
Legislative body
  • Municipality of Jerusalem
Head of government
Significant event
  • reunification of Jerusalem
Population
  • 865,721 (31 December 2015)
Area
  • 125.42 square kilometre
Elevation above sea level
  • 754 metre
official website
Authority control
VIAF ID: 131280745
GND ID: 4028586-8
OSM relation ID: 1381350
BNE ID: XX451223
Wikidata

31° 46′ 48″ N, 35° 13′ 12″ E

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Main category: Jerusalem

The Old City[edit]

  • Jews praying at the Western Wall (aka Wailing Wall)

  • Jerusalem Dome of the rock BW 14.JPG

  • View of the Old City.

  • View of the Old City.

  • View from the Mount of Olives

  • View from the Mount of Olives

  • View from the West

  • View from the Austrian hospice

  • Old city of Jerusalem.jpg

  • The Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque

  • The Dome of the Rock

  • Western Wall

  • Damascus Gate

  • Herod's Gate

  • Lion Gate

  • Zion Gate

  • Jaffa Gate

  • Jaffa Gate and Tower of David

  • Walls leading to Jaffo Gate

  • The Tower of David

  • The Tower of David

  • The Tower of David

  • The Tower of David

  • The Tower of David - night time

  • Golgotha

  • Dormitio church on Mt. Zion

  • Mount of Olives with effects

  • Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall

  • Yeshivat Hakotel

  • The Jewish Quarter

  • Temple mount south wall

  • Eastern Huldah Gate of the Temple Mount

  • Eastern Huldah Gate of the Temple Mount

  • Remains of the Western Huldah Gate to the Temple Mount

  • Arch of Ecce Homo

  • Church of St Anne

  • From Mount Scopus

  • Suq al Qattanin (The Cotton Market) entrance

  • Suq Aftimos old market entrance

  • Ex Franciscan Monastery on Mt. Zion near the Caenaculum

  • Damascus gate

  • Damascus gate

  • Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock

  • Holy Sepulchre Church, portal

  • Holy Sepulche Church; latin mass

  • City of David (Jebusite wall)

  • Panoramic View over the Old City (Jerusalem)

  • Panoramic View from the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem)

  • Panoramic View of the old city from Mount of Olives

The modern city[edit]

  • Hospice Saint Vincent de Paul in Mamilla, one of the first buildings outside the walls

  • Knesset

  • Knesset

  • Hebrew University

  • Mulino Montefiori

  • Mishkenot Sha'ananim

  • Mishkenot Sha'ananim

  • Mishkenot Sha'ananim

  • King David Hotel

  • New Orient House

  • International Convention Center-Binyanei HaUmah

  • Malha mall in Manahat

  • Construction on the new Mamilla complex

  • Ultra-luxury David's Villaga development in Mamilla

  • St Andrew's Church

  • The Supreme Court

Old Images[edit]

  • Reconstruction of the king Solomon temple.

  • Solomon temple as of before 1910.

  • Damascusporten as of before 1910.

  • Church of the Holy Grave as of before 1910.

  • Tomb of Jesus in Holy Sepulchre church

  • Old Jerusalem, Golden Gate

  • The Dome of the Rock.

  • Old Jerusalem, prayers at the Western Wall

  • Old Jerusalem, Pool of Hezekiah

  • Old Jerusalem, Herod's Gate ascent

  • Jerusalem, Pool of Siloam

  • Jerusalem, Yad Avshalom

  • Jerusalem, Cenacle

  • Jerusalem, Tomb of the Kings

  • Hartmann Schedel: DESTRVCCIO IHEROSOLIME (from the Liber cronicarum, Nuremberg 1493)

  • The oldest printed prospect of Jerusalem - By Hartmann Schedel, Nürnberg 1493 (from the Liber cronicarum)

  • 1099jerusalem.jpg
  • Kaulbach Zerstoerung Jerusalems durch Titus.jpg
  • Folio 49v - Building in Jerusalem.jpg

  • 1883

  • 1888

  • 1888

  • The Golden Gate around 1900

  • St. Stephen's Gate around 1900

  • The Damascus Gate around 1900

  • The Jaffa Gate around 1900

  • Jerusalem. The Jaffa gate of the city. This is one of the most constantly used gates in Jerusalem.

  • Jerusalem around 1900

  • Church of the Redeemer around 1900

  • The Arch of Ecce Homo around 1900

  • The Mosque of El-Aksa around 1900

  • Golden Gate between 1856 and 1860

  • New Gate between 1900 and 1920

  • Dung Gate between 1940 and 1946

  • Zion Gate between 1898 and 1914

  • Mamilla pool 1854

  • Theodor Herzl and Zionist delegation's 1898 visit in Mamilla.

  • Herzl at Stern House in Mamilla (1898)

  • Jaffa Road in the 19th century

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