Tomb of Zechariah

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The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient, monolithic stone monument and traditional burial site in Jerusalem’s Kidron Valley, notable for its striking rock-cut architecture and religious significance in Jewish and Christian traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tomb of Zechariah canonical 5
Tomb of the Hasmoneans 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian holy site
Jewish holy site
ancient monument
rock-cut tomb
tourist attraction
access no internal burial chamber accessible
adjacentTo Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery
Tomb of Benei Hezir
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture
classical architecture
category Christian pilgrimage sites
Jewish pilgrimage sites
Second Temple period sites in Jerusalem
Tombs in Jerusalem
constructionType monolithic monument
rock-cut architecture
country Israel
estimatedDateOfConstruction 1st century BCE
early 1st century CE
function commemorative monument
funerary monument
hasPart Ionic columns
decorated entablature
monolithic block base
pyramid-shaped roof
rock-cut façade
heritageDesignation part of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptions no known ancient inscription identifying the buried person
locatedIn Jerusalem
Jerusalem Governorate
Kidron Valley
Middle East
Israel
surface form: State of Israel
materialUsed limestone
monolithic rock
near Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem

Temple Mount
overlooks Kidron Valley
partOf necropolis of the Kidron Valley
period Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
traditionallyAssociatedWith Zechariah son of Jehoiada
Zechariah
surface form: biblical priest Zechariah
UNESCOSiteId 148
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1981
usedFor Christian devotional visits
Jewish prayer gatherings
pilgrimage
visibleFrom Mount of Olives

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tomb of Benei Hezir adjacentTo Tomb of Zechariah
John Hyrcanus I burialPlace Tomb of Zechariah
this entity surface form: Tomb of the Hasmoneans
Har HaZeitim contains Tomb of Zechariah
necropolis of the Kidron Valley hasPart Tomb of Zechariah
Yad Avshalom adjacentTo Tomb of Zechariah
Pillar of Absalom near Tomb of Zechariah