List of places in Jerusalem

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

Hospitals

Hotels
King David Hotel
Prima Kings Hotel

Government institutions
Israel Supreme Court

Educational institutions

Universities and colleges
Hebrew University Jerusalem IL WV

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

Catholic (Roman and Eastern)

Eastern Orthodox
  • 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
  • Cathedral of St. James – Armenian Apostolic
  • Church of the Holy Archangels – Armenian Apostolic
  • Ethiopian Church – Ethiopian Orthodox
  • "Deir es-Sultan" Ethiopian Monastery – Ethiopian Orthodox, contested by the Copts
  • Saint Mark Monastery Of Jerusalem – Syriac Orthodox
  • St. Toros Church – Armenian Apostolic

Protestant

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

Cemeteries

Multi-religious
  • 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
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
  • Templer Cemetery, 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. Rosoff, David (2005). קדושים אשר בארץ Kedoshim Asher Baarets. Otsar Hatorah Institute.
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