Seven Arches Hotel
| Seven Arches Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°46′32″N 35°14′36″E / 31.77556°N 35.24333°E |
| Opening | 1964 |
| Owner | Jordanian government |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 169 |
The Seven Arches Hotel (formerly the Jerusalem Inter-Continental Hotel) is a hotel in East Jerusalem in the Arab neighborhood of at-Tur on the Mount of Olives. The hotel overlooks the Jewish cemetery that covers the slopes of the mountain. The hotel is owned by the Jordanian government and built on a leased land owned by the Jerusalemite prominent Arab family Al-Alami (Arabic: العلمي), whose many of its members still reside in Jerusalem and Jordan. Since 1967, the hotel has been managed by the Custodian of Absentee Property, an arm of the Israeli government.[1]
History
The PLO held its first Palestine National Council conference at the hotel in May 1964.[2]
Today
The Seven Arches is a 3-star hotel with 169 rooms notable for its spectacular view of Jerusalem.[3] Despite reports in 2010 that plans had been submitted for expansion of the hotel, the general manager of the Seven Arches, Awni Inshewat denied this. He said there had been some confusion over an application for a building permit for a large Christian prayer tent located at the site: "The tent has been there for about five years, but the municipality said it needs a building permit, so we applied for that."[4] There was construction happening in the hotel as of November 2016.
References
- ↑ Akiva Eldar (December 15, 2010). "Israel promoting plan to build on territory of Jordanian hotel in E. Jerusalem". Haaretz.
- ↑ Eldar, Akiva (Dec 15, 2010). "Israel promoting plan to build on territory of Jordanian hotel in E. Jerusalem". Haaretz.
- ↑ Hotel 7 Arches Jerusalem, Jerusalem Hotels : Reviews of Hotel 7 Arches Jerusalem - Yahoo! Travel
- ↑ Israel to expand landmark E.Jerusalem hotel: Report
Coordinates: 31°46′32.48″N 35°14′36.2″E / 31.7756889°N 35.243389°E