The
Old City (,
Ha'Ir Ha'Atiqah, ,
al-Balda al-Qadimah, , ,
Yerusaghemi hin k'aghak' ) is a
walled area within the modern city of
Jerusalem. Until 1860, when the Jewish neighborhood
Mishkenot Sha'ananim was established, this area constituted the entire city of Jerusalem. The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the
Dome of the Rock and
al-Aqsa Mosque for
Muslims, the
Temple Mount and
Western Wall for
Jews and the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre for
Christians, It was added to the
UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1981.