The Old City of Jerusalem

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MUSLIM QUARTER

CHRISTIAN

QUARTER

ARMENIAN

QUARTER

JEWISH QUARTER

Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Citadel (Tower of David) Citadel (Tower of David)

Western Wall Western Wall

Temple Mount

Cardo Cardo Jaffa Gate Jaffa Gate

New Gate New Gate

Damascus Gate Damascus Gate

Lions’ Gate Lions’ Gate

Golden Gate Golden Gate

Dung Gate Dung Gate

Zion Gate Zion Gate

Mount of Olives Mount of Olives

City of David City of David

Mount Zion Mount Zion

L E G E N D

Temple Mount compound

City wall

Holy site

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0.5 km

0.3 mi

North at top. Positions are traced from the author’s map and aligned to the gates.

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HISTORICAL MAPS

MAP 16 The Old City of Jerusalem

The four quarters and the Temple Mount

Jerusalem’s ancient walled city is roughly a kilometer (two-thirds of a mile) square and divided into the Muslim, Christian, Armenian and Jewish Quarters.

On the eastern side of the Old City is the Temple Mount, on which are today placed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The Temple’s western retaining wall is considered holy by Jews, as the last remnant of the destroyed shrine.

THE OLD CITY

Muslim Quarter The largest quarter, in the northeast, entered by the Damascus, Herod’s and Lions’ Gates.

Christian Quarter In the northwest, containing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Armenian Quarter In the southwest, beside the Citadel and the Tower of David.

Jewish Quarter In the southeast, beside the Western Wall.

Temple Mount On the eastern side, with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Western Wall The Temple’s western retaining wall, holy to Jews.

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