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The Old City of Jerusalem ( Arabic: المدينة القديمة, romanized : al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Hebrew: הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, romanized : Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a 0.9-square-kilometre (0.35 sq mi) walled area [2] in East Jerusalem . In a tradition that may have began with an 1840s British map of the city, the Old City is ...
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The Old City ( Arabic: البلدة القديمة, al-Balda al-Qadimah,...
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3 days ago · The Old City of Jerusalem is a walled quadrilateral about 3,000 feet (900 meters) long on each side. It is both ancient and diverse, with an Armenian quarter, a Christian quarter, a Muslim quarter, and a Jewish quarter.
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31°46′42″N 35°13′56″E. Map of Jerusalem/Old City. The Old City is surrounded by a wall built in the first half of the 16th century by the Ottoman Turk, Suleyman the Magnificent. The 4-km (2.5-mile) circuit is accessed by eight gates, of which seven remain in current use.
4 days ago · Jerusalem, ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly under the rule of the State of Israel. The Citadel (Tower of David), Jerusalem. Long an object of veneration and conflict, the holy city of Jerusalem has been governed, both as a provincial town and a national capital, by an extended series of dynasties and states.