Nablus Road
Nablus Road (Hebrew: דרך שכם, Derekh Shekhem, "Shechem Road") is one of the traditional routes radiating from Jerusalem's walled city. Starting at the Damascus Gate, it is the ancient road north.
Places of interest
- American Colony Hotel
- Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem-Balian shop
- British Council – Jerusalem office
- Garden Tomb - Christian Protestant site
- Ministry of Interior (Israel) – Planning Administration office
- National Headquarters of the Israel Police
- Quartet on the Middle East, Office of the Quartet Representative, 54 Nablus Road
- Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
- Shimon HaTzadik neighbourhood
- St. John's Eye 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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