Reason for the name
Named after the Latin Patriarch who was during the Crusader occupation of the city of Jerusalem.
Builder
The public bath house was made waqf by Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
Named after the Latin Patriarch who was during the Crusader
occupation of the city of Jerusalem.
This public bath house built in the locality of the Christians, located on the north-western hill between Al-Khalil gate and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
The public bath house was made waqf by Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
The Patriarch pool extends over an area of three denims (3000 square meters) and reaches a height of about four meters.
Most of the visitors to the public bath house are constantly Christians are famous for the presence of Christians in it.
Approximately the public bath house there is a large pond, and the pond is still present in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem.
Salah al-Din public bath house was made waqf on the Khanqah and the pool next to it, and rebuilt in the 10th century.
The pool was mentioned in the book of the "Al-Anas al Jalil" Mujair al-Din al-Hanbali in the name of the Patriarch publicbath house. He mentioned that "the sailors of the Christians collected the water obtained for the Patriarch public bath house, stopping the Khanaqah in the fifteenth century AD, some studies confirm that the pond that provided the bath with water severely neglected throughout the ages, after being of great importance in
the old town
The pond named by various names such as Hezekiah's Pool, the Tower, the Holy Sepulcher and the Copts.
Hezekiah is one of the kings of the Jews, this name came without historical evidence, but it is a forgery of history.
The pool also mentioned in the Islamic Waqf papers in the name of the pool of Khanka and the Sultan.
Supplying the old city and Al-Aqsa Mosque with its harbor.
When the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, the occupation tried to control the pool and public bath house and cause enmity between the Department of Islamic Endowments and the Qoptic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church on the ownership of the pool, but his attempts failed.
Then the occupation returned in 2001 to declare its attempt to develop the pond and exploit it for tourist purposes in preparation for its Judaization and seizure.
The Islamic Waqf Department leased it to Al-Quds University, which has been working since then to develop it and use its large area in cultural and educational goals that serve the residents of Jerusalem, the University of the Pond Water and cleaned its floor, to prevent the spread of diseases and moisture and the accumulation of waste in them.
Recently, Al-Quds University was assigned responsible for the archaeological Patriarch Pool and Public Bath House, after was turned to it by the Islamic Endowments Department. The University aspires to find support to develop the work of this pool and to benefit from the vast area within its borders, where it aspires to invest this area as a recreational area for children, a large theater, or a place for cinema, sports or other, but freeze all these projects to find funding covered.
History
The construction of the public bath house back to the Ayyubids era, according to the documents, in the history of 545 AH / 1189 AD.