Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic urban area walled city

The Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site is a historically and religiously significant walled area in Jerusalem that encompasses key sacred places of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and has been continuously inhabited for millennia.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → historic urban area → walled city →
addedToListOfWorldHeritageInDanger	1982 →
area	approximately 1 square kilometre →
builderOfWalls	Suleiman the Magnificent →
countryClaimedBy	Israel → State of Palestine →
criteria	Cultural criterion (ii) → Cultural criterion (iii) → Cultural criterion (vi) →
encompasses	key sacred places of Christianity → key sacred places of Islam → key sacred places of Judaism →
governedBy	complex and disputed political arrangements →
hasGate	Damascus Gate → Dung Gate → Herod's Gate → Jaffa Gate → Lions' Gate → New Gate → Zion Gate →
hasPart	Al-Aqsa Mosque → Armenian Quarter → Christian Quarter → Church of the Holy Sepulchre → City of David archaeological area → Dome of the Rock → Jewish Quarter → Muslim Quarter → Temple Mount → Tower of David → Via Dolorosa → Western Wall →
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site → World Heritage in Danger →
inscriptionYear	1981 →
locatedIn	Jerusalem → Middle East → State of Palestine →
officialUNESCOName	Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls →
periodOfContinuousInhabitation	several millennia →
recognizedFor	archaeological significance → historical significance → outstanding universal value → religious significance →
surroundedBy	Ottoman city walls →
UNESCOSiteId	148 →
wallConstructionPeriod	16th century →

Referenced by (60)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Aqsa Mosque ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Bab al-Rahma Cemetery ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Church of the Holy Sepulchre ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Cotton Merchants' Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Damascus Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Dome of the Rock ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Dung Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Golden Gate (Jerusalem) ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Golden Gate of the Old City ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Herod's Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Islamic Museum ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Jaffa Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Jewish Quarter of the Old City ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Lions' Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Muslim Quarter ("Old City of Jerusalem") → New Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Qibli Mosque building ("Old City of Jerusalem") → The Farthest Mosque ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Tower of David ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Tyropoeon Valley ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Valley of the Cheesemakers ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Via Dolorosa ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Western Wall ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Western Wall Plaza ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Zion Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedIn
Armenian Quarter ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Christian Quarter ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Church of the Holy Sepulchre ("UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") → Jewish Quarter of the Old City ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Noble Sanctuary ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site") → Temple Mount →	partOf
Jerusalem for Sigd celebrations ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Mount of Olives ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Tower of David ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	overlooks
Damascus Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") → Dung Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") →	heritageDesignationOf
Valley of Hinnom ("Old City of Jerusalem") → גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedSouthOf
Jerusalem Islamic Waqf ("Old City of Jerusalem") → Western Wall Heritage Foundation ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	operatesIn
Hinnom Valley ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	borders
East Jerusalem ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	contains
Hills of Jerusalem ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	containsSite
Jerusalem ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	hasPart
Zion Gate ("UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Old City of Jerusalem)") →	heritageDesignation
Western Wall ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") →	heritageSiteOf
Noble Sanctuary ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedInOldCity
Kidron Valley ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedNextTo
Mount Scopus ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedNortheastOf
Armenian Quarter ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	locatedWithinWallsOf
Jerusalem Islamic Waqf ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	location
Church of All Nations ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	near
West Jerusalem ("close to Old City of Jerusalem") →	nearbySite
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") →	officialUNESCOName
Jewish Quarter of the Old City ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	oneOfFourQuartersOf
Mount of Olives ("Old City of Jerusalem by the Kidron Valley") →	separatedFrom
Kidron Valley ("Old City of Jerusalem") →	separates
Jerusalem ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") →	UNESCOStatus
Cotton Merchants' Gate ("Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite