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Cavern of the Patriarchs

series of caves located in the heart of the old city of Hebron
Organization mosque Q204200
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Summary

Cavern of the Patriarchs is a mosque[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of mosque entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,532 views/month, #4 of 2,176).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hebron[3]
  • Country: Palestine[4]
  • Instance of: synagogue[5], tomb[6], archaeological site[7], mausoleum[8], cave[9]
  • Commons category: Cave of the Patriarchs[10]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfter Band[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 890 m[14]

Why It Matters

Cavern of the Patriarchs has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Hebron Palestine

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19h ago · ~2026-56637-06 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Palestine
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Country: Palestine"
  2. 23h ago · ~2026-56687-89 · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Sitelink count → 54
    Country → Palestine
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Country: Israel"
  3. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Ödön Zombori
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q294084, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007265103905171, 987007257173305171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007257173305171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mosque, synagogue, tomb +3
    Country → Palestine
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007265103905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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