Armenian Quarter

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neighborhood quarter of Jerusalem

The Armenian Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of Jerusalem’s Old City, historically home to the city’s Armenian community and its religious and cultural institutions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Armenian Christians in Jerusalem	1
Armenian Convent Quarter	1
Armenian Quarter of the Old City	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	neighborhood ⓘ quarter of Jerusalem ⓘ
administratedBy	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ surface form: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
borders	Christian Quarter ⓘ Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ surface form: Jewish Quarter Zion ⓘ surface form: Mount Zion area
contains	Armenian Convent of St. James ⓘ Armenian Museum of Jerusalem ⓘ Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ surface form: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Armenian Seminary ⓘ Armenian printing press ⓘ Armenian residential compounds ⓘ Armenian schools ⓘ St. James Cathedral ⓘ
demographicCharacteristic	historically majority Armenian Christian ⓘ
ethnicCommunity	Armenians ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Armenian Quarter ⓘ surface form: Armenian Convent Quarter Hayots Tghamardik (in Armenian usage for the compound) ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	0.126 square kilometres ⓘ 126 dunams ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Armenian library ⓘ Armenian manuscript collection ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural center ⓘ religious center ⓘ residential area ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls ⓘ
hasHistoricCommunitySinceCentury	4th century ⓘ
hasHistoricRole	center of Armenian diaspora in the Levant ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	Armenian ceramic workshops ⓘ enclosed monastic compound ⓘ
hasNotableGate	Zion Gate vicinity ⓘ
hasNotableStreet	Armenian Patriarchate Road ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguageTradition	Armenian language ⓘ surface form: Armenian
hasReligiousAffiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
hasSecondaryLanguageTradition	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Jerusalem ⓘ Jerusalem District ⓘ Israel ⓘ surface form: State of Israel historic Palestine ⓘ
locatedWithinWallsOf	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
oneOf	four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ
partOf	Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
religiousCenterOf	Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ surface form: Armenian Apostolic Church in Jerusalem
religiousJurisdictionOf	Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Dung Gate → adjacentTo → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Christian Quarter → borderedBy → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Jewish Quarter of the Old City → borders → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Quarter of the Old City

Muslim Quarter → borders → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Armenian Quarter → hasAlternativeName → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Convent Quarter

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site → hasPart → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Jaffa Gate → mainAccessTo → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Zion Gate → providesAccessTo → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

Jerusalem liturgical tradition → usedBy → Armenian Quarter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Armenian Christians in Jerusalem