Israel
Center District
2 sites
Church of St. George and mosque of El Khidr, Lod (Lynda)
Church of St. George and mosque of El Khidr, Lod (Lynda), Israel is a church and mosque of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.95306, 34.89944. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Christianity and Islam; also recognized in Interfaith contexts. Associated figure: St. George and El Khidr. Located in לוד, מחוז המרכז, ישראל.
Lydda
Lydda is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.95304, 34.89944. Located in לוד, מחוז המרכז, ישראל.
Haifa District
4 sites
Cave of Elijah on Mount Carmel
Elijah’s Cave, Haifa, Israel is a religious of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.82991, 34.96966. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Judaism. Associated figure: Elijah. Mythological context: Biblical. Located in חיפה, מחוז חיפה, ישראל.
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carmel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.73993, 35.04021. Located in מחוז חיפה, ישראל.
Shrine of the Báb
Shrine of the Báb, Haifa is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.81459, 34.98718. Located in חיפה, מחוז חיפה, ישראל.
Stella Maris Monastery and Elijah’s Cave, Haifa
Stella Maris Monastery and Elijah’s Cave, Haifa, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.82724, 34.97013. Located in חיפה, מחוז חיפה, ישראל.
Jerusalem
1 site
Western Wall
Western Wall in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Jerusalem District
4 sites
Black Madonna of Jasna Góra (copy)
Black Madonna shrine known for Replica in Abbey of Dormition, Polish pilgrimage site
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city. Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely recognized internationally. Throughout its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, and attacked 52 times. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David shows first signs of settlement in the 4th millennium BCE, in the shape of encampments of nomadic shepherds. During the Canaanite period (14th century BCE), Jerusalem was named as Urusalim on ancient Egyptian tablets, probably meaning "City of Shalem" after a Canaanite deity. During the Israelite period, significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 10th century BCE (Iron Age II), and by the 9th century BCE, the city had developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah. In 1538, the city walls were rebuilt for a last time around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. Today those walls define the Old City, which since the 19th century has been divided into four quarters—the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage Site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Since 1860, Jerusalem has grown far beyond the Old City's boundaries. In 2022, Jerusalem had a population of some 971,800 residents, of which almost 60% were Jews and almost 40% Palestinians. In 2020, the population was 951,100, of which Jews comprised 570,100 (59.9%), Muslims 353,800 (37.2%), Christians 16,300 (1.7%), and 10,800 unclassified (1.1%). According to the Hebrew Bible, King David conquered the city from the Jebusites and established it as the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel, and his son, King Solomon, commissioned the building of the First Temple. Modern scholars argue that Israelites branched out of the Canaanite peoples and culture through the development of a distinct monolatrous—and later monotheistic—religion centered on El/Yahweh. These foundational events, straddling the dawn of the 1st millennium BCE, assumed central symbolic importance for the Jewish people. The sobriquet of holy city (Hebrew: עיר הקודש, romanized: 'Ir ha-Qodesh) was probably attached to Jerusalem in post-exilic times. The holiness of Jerusalem in Christianity, conserved in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, which Christians adopted as the Old Testament, was reinforced by the New Testament account of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection there. Meanwhile, in Islam, Jerusalem is the third-holiest city, after Mecca and Medina. The city was the first standard direction for Muslim prayers, and in Islamic tradition, Muhammad made his Night Journey there in 621, ascending to heaven where he spoke to God, per the Quran. As a result, despite having an area of only 0.9 km2 (3⁄8 sq mi), the Old City is home to many sites of seminal religious importance, among them the Temple Mount with its Western Wall, Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At present, the status of Jerusalem remains one of the core issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Jerusalem was to be "established as a corpus separatum under a special international regime" administered by the United Nations. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, West Jerusalem was among the areas incorporated into Israel, while East Jerusalem, including the Old City, was occupied and annexed by Jordan. Israel occupied East Jerusalem from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War and subsequently annexed it into the city's municipality, together with additional surrounding territory. One of Israel's Basic Laws, the 1980 Jerusalem Law, refers to Jerusalem as the country's undivided capital. All branches of the Israeli government are located in Jerusalem, including the Knesset (Israel's parliament), the residences of the prime minister and president, and the Supreme Court. The international community rejects the annexation as illegal and regards East Jerusalem as Palestinian territory occupied by Israel.
Tomb of Mary, Valley of Cedron, Jerusalem
Tomb of Mary, Valley of Cedron, Jerusalem, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.78014, 35.23941. Located in ירושלים | القدس, מחוז ירושלים, ישראל.
Tomb of the Virgin
Tomb of the Virgin is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.78014, 35.23939. Located in ירושלים | القدس, מחוז ירושלים, ישראל.
North District
13 sites
Church of the Transfiguration Mount Tabor
The Church of the Transfiguration (Arabic: كنيسة التجلي, romanized: Kanīsat At-tajalli, Hebrew: כנסיית ההשתנות) is a Franciscan church located on Mount Tabor in Israel. It is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Jesus took place, an event in the Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon an unnamed mountain and speaks with Moses and Elijah.
Meron
Meron may refer to:
Mt. Tabor
Mt. Tabor is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.68628, 35.39250. Located in מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Necropolis of Bet Shearim
Bet Shearim is a catacombs of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.70326, 35.12758. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in קריית טבעון, מחוז חיפה, ישראל.
Old Cemetery
Old Cemetery, Safed is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.96846, 35.48909. Located in צפת, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Safed/Zefat
Safed/Zefat is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.96828, 35.49365. Located in צפת, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Shrine of Bahá’ú’lláh
Shrine of Bahá’ú’lláh, Acre is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.94347, 35.09188. Located in עכו, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Shrine of Hassam Abu al-Hija, Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Shrine of Hassam Abu al-Hija, Kaukab Abu al-Hija, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.83644, 35.25290. Located in كوكب أبو الهيجاء, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Shrine of Mariam Baouardy, I’billin
Shrine of Mariam Baouardy, I’billin, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.82180, 35.19012. Located in إعبلين, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Shrine of Nabi Shuʿayb, near Kfar Zeitim, not far from Tiberias
Shrine of Nabi Shuʿayb, near Kfar Zeitim, not far from Tiberias, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.80513, 35.45086. Located in מועצה אזורית גליל תחתון, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
The tomb of Sheikh Abu Al-Hija
The tomb of Sheikh Abu Al-Hija, Israel is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.83644, 35.25290. Located in كوكب أبو الهيجاء, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Tiberias
Tiberias is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.78977, 35.53766. Located in טבריה, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Tomb Yochanan
Tomb Yochanan is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.98079, 35.44062. Located in מועצה אזורית מרום הגליל, מחוז הצפון, ישראל.
Tel-Aviv District
1 site
Black Madonna of Jasna Góra (copy)
Black Madonna shrine known for Polish Catholic community shrine