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Encampments of the Pilgrims and Festival Lodging in Jerusalem

In the ancient world, particularly within the sacred precincts of the Holy Land, certain seasons stirred the hearts of the faithful, beckoning them towards Jerusalem, the city where God had placed His Name. These were the great Pilgrim Festivals—Passover, Pentecost, and Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles)—times when the ordinary rhythms of life yield...

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Walls of Jerusalem in Wikipedia

The Walls of Jerusalem (Hebrew: חומות ירושלים‎) surround the area of the old city of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km²). The walls were built between the years 1535–1538, during the reign of the Ottoman empire in the region of Palestine, by the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. The length of the wall is 4,018 km (2,496.6 mi), their average heigh...

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Solomon's Quarries in Wikipedia

Zedekiah's Cave – also known as Solomon's Quarries – is a 5-acre (20,000 m2) underground meleke limestone quarry that runs the length of five city blocks under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was carved over a period of several thousand years and is a remnant of the biggest quarry in Jerusalem, having once stretched all the w...

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Jerusalem Gates in Wikipedia

During the era of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, there were four gates to the Old City, one on each side. The current walls, built by Suleiman the Magnificent, have a total of eleven gates, but only seven are open. Until 1887, each gate was closed before sunset and opened at sunrise. As indicated by the chart below, these gates have been k...

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Tomb of Absalom in Wikipedia

Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום‎, Transl. Yad Avshalom; literally Absalom's Shrine), also called Absalom's Pillar, is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, Israel. Although traditionally ascribed to Absalom, the rebellious son of King David of Israel (circa 1000 B.C.E.), recent sc...

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Pool of Siloam in Wikipedia

Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בריכת השילוח‎) (Breikhat Hashiloah) is a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of the City of David, the original site of Jerusalem, located outside the walls of the Old City to the southeast. The pool was fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by two aqueducts. History The Pool of Siloam is mentioned seve...

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Monastery of the Cross in Wikipedia

The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი, Hebrew: מנזר המצלבה‎ Minzar HaMatzlevah) is a monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset. History The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georg...

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Church of all Nations in Wikipedia

The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest. (Mark 14:32-42 ) History -- The current church rests on the foundations o...

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New Gate in Wikipedia

The New Gate (Arabic: باب الجديد‎ Bab al-Jedid; Hebrew: השער החדש‎ HaSha'ar HeChadash) is the newest gate in Jerusalem's Old City Walls, built in 1898 to provide direct access to the Christian Quarter for the visit of the German Emperor William II. It is also called the Gate of Hammid after the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The gate is locate...

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Tomb of the Virgin in Wikipedia

Mary's Tomb is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. It is regarded as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians (many of whom refer to her as Theotokos)[1][2], in contradistinction to the Ho...

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