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The Imperial Hotel — the historic building on Omar Ibn al-Khattab Square

The Imperial Hotel — the historic building on Omar Ibn al-Khattab Square

Free entry

A striking stone building from 1884 standing on the square just inside Jaffa Gate, with cast-iron balconies and columns along its facade. An inscription in Greek commemorates the patriarchs Nicodemus and Euthymius. Shops and a cafe operate on the ground floor, and Versavee sits in the inner courtyard behind.

כיכר עומר אבן אל-ח'טאב, שער יפו, העיר העתיקה, ירושלים

The façade and the square are always open · the ground-floor businesses keep their own hours

Reading Hebrew? העמוד המלא בעברית · All attractions · Open on Shabbat

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