Over the previous 1,500 years, the history of the Antique City has been meticulously documented, most notably in old maps of Jerusalem. Until the late 19th century, this region was the whole city of Jerusalem; neighboring Arab towns like Silwan and new Jewish districts like Mishkenot Sha’ananim eventually became part of the municipal borders.
The Temple Mount and Western Wall for Judaism, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for Christianity, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Islam all have places in the Old City that are significant and holy to the three Abrahamic religions. In 1981, it was placed to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.
The Muslim Quarter is the largest and most populous of the four quarters, extending from the Lions’ Gate in the east to the Western Wall – Damascus Gate route in the west. It is located in the northeastern corner of the Old City, extending from the Lions’ Gate in the east to the northern wall of the Temple Mount in the south. Sir Ronald Storrs started on a mission to rebuild the Cotton Market, which had been poorly neglected under the Turks, during the British Mandate. He depicts it as a public latrine with five-foot-high debris heaps. Vaults, roofing, and walls were renovated with the support of the Pro-Jerusalem Society, and looms were brought in to give employment.
The Christian Quarter is located in the Old City’s northwestern corner, extending from the New Gate in the north, along the Old City’s western wall as far as the Jaffa Gate in the south, bordering the Jewish and Armenian Quarters, as far as the Damascus Gate in the east, where it borders the Muslim Quarter. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, often regarded as Christianity’s holiest site, is located in this district.
The Armenian Quarter is the tiniest of the Old City’s four quarters. The Armenian Quarter is distinct from the Christian Quarter, despite the fact that Armenians are Christians. Despite the quarter’s limited size and population, the Armenians and their Patriarchate remain fiercely independent and have a strong presence in the Old City. Jordan took possession of four quarters of the city after the Arab–Israeli War in 1948. Jordanian law obliged Armenians and other Christians to “provide equal time to the Bible and the Qur’an” in private Christian schools and limited church asset expansion. [requires citation] After two unexploded bombs were discovered inside the Armenian monastery during the 1967 conflict, people of the neighborhood remember it as a miracle. Today, Jerusalem is home to around 3,000 Armenians, 500 of whom dwell in the Armenian Quarter.
The Jewish Quarter is located in the walled city’s southeast sector, stretching from the Zion Gate in the south to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, abutting the Armenian Quarter on the west, along the Cardo to Chain Street in the north, and east to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount. The quarter has a lengthy Jewish history, dating back to the eighth century BCE, with numerous extended eras of Jewish settlement.
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