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Jewish Quarter

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Jewish Quarter is one of Jerusalem’s four Old City quarters, in the walled city’s southwest, between Zion Gate, the Street of the Chain and the Western Wall.

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Why go

  • Explore the Israelite Tower, Broad Wall, Burnt House and Herodian Quarter, found in excavations.
  • Walk the ancient Byzantine Cardo and see the remains of the Nea Church.
  • Place a written prayer between the stones at the Western Wall.
  • See the Hurva Synagogue, rededicated in 2010 after repeated destruction.

Don't miss

  • Israelite TowerSee portions of city walls dating from the 8th and 7th centuries BCE.Jewish Quarter
  • Broad WallSee the late 8th-century BCE fortification built to defend Jerusalem against an Assyrian siege.Jewish Quarter
  • Burnt HouseSee the remains of a house belonging to the Kathros priestly family, destroyed in 70 CE.Jewish Quarter
  • Herodian palatial mansionLook for a carved image of the Temple menorah on a plastered wall near the mansion.Jewish Quarter
  • Nea ChurchSee remains of a basilica more than 100 metres long, built in 543 CE.Beside the southern stretch of the Cardo

Know before you go

  • The Sidna Omar Mosque and Al Dissi Mosque have been closed since the Six-Day War.

Tips for your visit

  • A marked walking route starts at the Cardo entrance and leads among the quarter’s main sites.
  • Some excavated remains are one to three storeys below the modern city, in outdoor parks or museums.
  • Many lanes are steep or stairways because the quarter is on a hillside.
  • Access to the Western Wall requires passing through an airport-style security checkpoint.

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  1. 2010

    A Roman Tenth Legion pool uncovered in 2010 had steps, a white mosaic floor and roof tiles stamped with the unit’s name.

    Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia
  2. 586 BCE

    Projectiles found by the city walls attest to Jerusalem’s Babylonian sack in 586 BCE.

    Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia

  3. The excavated Herodian mansion may have been the residence of Annas the High Priest.

    Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia
  4. 2010

    A 2010 inscription commemorates an Abbasid Caliph’s grant of a Jerusalem estate in 910 CE.

    Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia
  5. 133 dunams

    The present quarter covers 133 dunams, or 133,000 square metres.

    Jüdisches Viertel von Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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History

The area has had an almost continuous Jewish presence since antiquity. After the 1948 surrender and destruction, the quarter was rebuilt following the dense urban pattern of the Old City.

  1. 135Hadrian founded Aelia Capitolina on Jerusalem’s ruins, and the Tenth Legion camped on land now within the quarter. A Roman bathhouse was built over Jewish ruins.
  2. 70 CEThe Roman capture destroyed Jerusalem. The Burnt House and a Herodian mansion in the quarter were destroyed during the siege.
  3. 1267Nachmanides found two Jewish families in Jerusalem and turned a ruin into a house synagogue.
  4. 1586The Ramban Synagogue ceased to serve as the community’s centre.
  5. 1860–1890Batei Mahse was built as housing for people in need.
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  1. 1871Rothschild House was built on the west side of Batei Mahse Square with funding from Baron Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild.
  2. 1948After the quarter surrendered on May 28, its residents were captured or evacuated. The area was pillaged and razed; old synagogues were destroyed. The Red Cross housed Palestinian refugees in the depopulated quarter.
  3. 1967After East Jerusalem was captured, the quarter was designated for tourism and housing. Excavations led by Nahman Avigad preceded reconstruction and conservation.
  4. 2010The Hurva Synagogue reopened on March 15 after repeated destruction.

Sources: Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia · Jüdisches Viertel von Jerusalem - Wikipedia · Quartier juif de la vieille ville de Jérusalem … · checked 27 Oct 2026

Where
Old City, Jerusalem

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