Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem)
The Ayyubid Mosque of Omar is an Islamic place of worship inside the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located opposite the southern courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Muristan area of the Christian Quarter. The mosque is not open to tourists, and can be accessed only for praying.
Minaret of the Mosque next to the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Mosque has been reserved for religious activities
Minaret
Image: واجهة مسجد عمر بن الخطاب في القدس
The Muristan is a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the location of the first Bimaristan of the Knights Hospitaller. The name Muristan is derived from the Persian word Bimārestān, meaning "hospital".
The market area of the Muristan, Suq Aftimos, with the Muristan fountain at its centre
Godfrey of Bouillon, who endowed the hospital in the Muristan after the First Crusade, in a fresco in the Manta Castle
The Church of the Redeemer (Erlöserkirche), in 1900.