Christian Quarter

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The Christian Quarter is one of the four traditional quarters of Jerusalem’s Old City, known for its many churches, monasteries, and Christian holy sites, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf neighborhood
quarter of Jerusalem
borderedBy Armenian Quarter
Jewish Quarter
Muslim Quarter
contains Christian markets
guesthouses
restaurants
sections of the Via Dolorosa
souvenir shops
hasHeritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
hasPart Armenian Catholic Patriarchate buildings
Christian cemeteries
Christian hostels and pilgrim houses
Christian schools
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem
Ethiopian Monastery on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Franciscan Monastery of Saint Saviour
Greek Catholic (Melkite) institutions
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Muristan
historicalPeriod Byzantine period
Crusader period
Ottoman period
knownFor Christian holy sites
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
large concentration of churches
monasteries
languageCommonlySpoken Arabic
English
Hebrew
locatedIn Jerusalem
Jerusalem District
State of Israel
historic walled city of Jerusalem
majorDenominationPresence Armenian Catholic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Greek Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Syriac Orthodox Church
partOf Old City of Jerusalem
four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem
religion Christianity
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1981
usedFor Christian pilgrimage
commerce
religious worship
residential purposes


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