Nablus Road
{{Short description|Road in Jerusalem}}
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Nablus Road ({{Langx|ar|شارع نابلس|translit=Shari' Nablus}}, {{Langx|he|דרך שכם}}, Derekh Shekhem, "Shechem Road") is one of the oldest roads in Jerusalem.{{cite web |title=Historic Nablus Road takes centre stage at colourful Jerusalem festival |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1420453 |website=Reuters |access-date=5 June 2025 |date=24 June 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Aslan |first1=Heba |title=افتتاح مهرجان "أيام شارع نابلس" في القدس |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/alquds/2017/5/5/افتتاح-مهرجان-أيام-شارع-نابلس-في-القدس |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208184915/https://www.aljazeera.net/news/alquds/2017/5/5/%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%b9-%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%b3-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%af%d8%b3 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |language=ar |date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead}} Originating at the Damascus Gate of the Old City, the road extends through several northern neighborhoods of East Jerusalem and passes notable landmarks.{{cite web |last1=Bar-Am |first1=Aviva |title=Following Nablus Road |url=https://www.jpost.com/In-Jerusalem/City-Front/Following-Nablus-Road |website=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=5 June 2025 |date=20 August 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Gilad |first1=Moshe |title=סיור בירושלים שאתם לא מכירים |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/travel/travel-in-israel/2011-03-18/ty-article/0000017f-f7a1-d887-a7ff-ffe5d1a50000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=5 June 2025 |language=he |date=18 March 2011}}
Places of interest
- American Colony Hotel
- British Council – Jerusalem office
- Garden Tomb - Christian Protestant site
- National Headquarters of the Israel Police, police station
- Quartet on the Middle East, Office of the Quartet Representative, 54 Nablus Road
- Sa'ad and Sa'eed Mosque, mosque
- Sheikh Jarrah, neighbourhood
- Shimon HaTzadik, neighbourhood
- St. John's Eye Hospital, hospital
- St. George's Cathedral, seat of the Anglican (Episcopal) Bishop of Jerusalem
- St. George's College, Anglican education centre
- St. George's School, British Anglican boys' school in East Jerusalem
- St. Stephen's Basilica (Saint-Étienne) at the Dominican St. Stephen's Priory
- École Biblique, French biblical and archaeological research centre at St. Stephen's Priory
- Tombs of the Kings, archaeological site
See also
- Highway 60 (Israel–Palestine), modern Israeli intercity road connecting, among other places, Jerusalem to Nablus
- Way of the Patriarchs, the main historical north–south route in the area
References
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