Cemetery #387307
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Local name: בית הקברות היהודי בהר הזיתים
Also known as בית עלמין הר הזיתים · Betahayim djudio de Ar Azeitim
0
documented records
≈ 5.1k–10k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.257 km²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Jewish cemetery covers the slopes of the Mount of Olives, from the Kidron Valley to the summit overlooking the Old City, and is one of the oldest Jewish burial grounds. Burial on the mount is said to go back to the First and Second Temple periods, and estimates of the number of graves range from about 100,000 to 150,000. After the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 1187, Saladin granted the cemetery land as a waqf to the Salahiyya madrasa.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 31.773839° N, 35.243069° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Mount of Olives Cemetery 70 m away · Jerusalem
- Mount of Olives Military Cemetery 330 m away · Jerusalem
- Catholic Cemetery in Kidron Valley 710 m away · Jerusalem
- Bab al-Rahma Cemetery 770 m away · Jerusalem
- Church of the Assumption 780 m away · Jerusalem
- Jerusalem (Bab Sitna Mariam) Memorial 960 m away · Jerusalem
- Yeusefiya Cemetery 1.0 km away · Jerusalem
- Sambusky Cemetery 1.1 km away · Jerusalem
- Jerusalem Latin Cemetery 1.2 km away · Jerusalem
- Mount Zion Catholic Cemetery, Jerusalem 1.2 km away · Jerusalem
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How big is Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery?
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery covers about 25.7 hectares (257,000 m²), about the same size as Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa. It is the 2nd largest of the 52 cemeteries we list in Jerusalem District.