Mount Zion facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Zion |
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Hebrew: Har Tsiyyon | |
view of Mount Zion
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 765 m (2,510 ft) |
Listing | Judaean Mountains |
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Location | Jerusalem |
Mount Zion (Hebrew: הר צִיּוֹן, Har Tsiyyon; Arabic: جبل صهيون, Jabel Sahyoun) is a hill in the south-west corner of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is an extension of Temple Mount. There are a lot of churches and many little Christians and Jewish cemeteries in the area of Mount Zion. Half of the Mount Zion is in the Old City, in the Jewish and Armenian Quarters. The grave of King David is at the top of Mount Zion.
In the past there was a small cable car that connected the mountain to the valley below and the Old City. Today the cable car room is a museum inside an old hospital building.
Gallery
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View of Mount Zion from Mount of Olives
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Derekh Ha'Apifyor (Pope's Way) leading up to Mount Zion, so named by the Israeli government in honor of Pope Paul VI's historic visit to Israel in 1964
See also
In Spanish: Monte Sion para niños