Jerusalem

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name: Jerusalem
country: Israel
Unesco World Heritage Site, 1981

Jerusalem is the capital and largest city in Israel. It has a population of 732,100 residents in an area of 125.1 square kilometers (49 sq mi). Jerusalem is located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern tip of the Dead Sea. The city has a history that goes back as far as the 4th millennium BC, making it one of the oldest cities in the world.

Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and the spiritual center of the Jewish people since the 10th century BC. The city contains a number of significant ancient Christian sites and is considered the third-holiest city in Islam.



The Western Wall with the Dome on the Rock in the background, Jerusalem.
by Nadavspi, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:WestWall-dome.jpg, and used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0 License



View of Jerusalem from the roof terrace of the Austrian Hospice
Copyright Guggani, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Austrian_Hospice_Jerusalem_April_2007.JPG, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 1.0 License



Western wall of Jerusalem
by Wayne McLean, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Western_wall_jerusalem_night.jpg, used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License



Wall leading to Jaffo Gate
by EdoM, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Jerusalem_-_Walls_leading_to_Jaffo_Gate.jpg, and available in the public domain

Golgotha Hill, inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
by Wayne McLean, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Golgotha_hill.jpg, and used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License



Golgotha Hill, Garden Tomb, East Jerusalem
by Wayne McLean, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Golgotha_hill2.jpg, and used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 License



Arch of Ecce Homo, Jerusalem
by Kirschblut, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:EcceHomo.jpg, and used under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License



Church of St Anne in Jerusalem
by Herwig Reidlinger, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:St_Anna_Ecclesia_Jerusalem1.jpg, and used under GNU Free Documentation License



Herod's Gate, also called Flowers Gate, Sheep's Gate, Bab-a-Sahairad, Sha'ar Hordos, in Jerusalem, Israel
by Herwig Reidlinger, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Herods_Gate_Jerusalem.jpg, and used under GNU Free Documentation License



View of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives
by Juancri, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:JerusalemFromMountOfOlives.JPG, and used under GNU Free Documentation License