Old City of Jerusalem

walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem
Organization old_town Q213274
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Summary

Old City of Jerusalem is an old town[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of old town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,644 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Jerusalem[3]
  • Country: Israel[4], Palestine[5]
  • Instance of: administrative territorial entity[6], quarter[7], disputed territory[8]
  • Location: East Jerusalem[9]
  • Part of: Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls[10]
  • Commons category: Old City (Jerusalem)[11]
  • Has part(s): Muslim Quarter[12], Christian Quarter[13], Armenian Quarter[14], Jewish Quarter[15], New Gate[16], Damascus Gate[17], Herod's Gate[18], Lions' Gate[19], Dung Gate[20], Zion Gate[21], Jaffa Gate[22], Golden Gate[23], Huldah Gates[24], Temple Mount[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Old City (Jerusalem)[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:Old City[27]
  • Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[28]
  • Has boundary: Walls of Jerusalem[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Israel[30], WikiProject Cities[31], WikiProject Palestine[32], WikiProject Christianity[33], WikiProject Islam[34], WikiProject Judaism[35], WikiProject Architecture[36], WikiProject World Heritage Sites[37], WikiProject Urban studies and planning[38]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Old City of Jerusalem[39]

Why It Matters

Old City of Jerusalem has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q317291
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q317291, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 17w ago · Atbannett · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Israel, Palestine, Jordan +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Mandatory Palestine"
  3. 24w ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Jerusalem
    Topic's main category → Category:Old City (Jerusalem)
    Location → East Jerusalem
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inception: 11. century BCE"
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