Sites - Jerusalem
With Jewish independence restored in the mid second century
BCE, the Hasmoneans quickly launched an effort to populate
and fortify the Upper City, the western hill abandoned after
the Babylonian sacking of Jerusalem. According to 1
Maccabees 10, 10-11, "Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem and began
to rebuild and restore the city. He directed those wh...
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Solomon's Stables (Hebrew: אורוות שלמה) is the popular name for an underground
vaulted space on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Solomon's Stables are located
under the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount, 12½ metres below the
courtyard and feature twelve rows of pillars and arches.
History --
The structure was built by King Herod as part o...
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The cardo (also cardo maximus) was a north-south oriented street in Roman cities, military camps, and
coloniae. The cardo, an integral component of city planning, was lined with shops and vendors, and
served as a hub of economic life.
Cardo in Roman city planning
Most Roman cities also had a Decumanus Maximus, an east-west street that served as...
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The Western Wall (Hebrew: הכותל המערבי, translit.: HaKotel HaMa'aravi), Wailing Wall or
Kotel (lit. Wall; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kosel); and known by Arabs as Ḥā'iṭ Al-Burāq,
is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple
Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's cou...
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The Western Wall Tunnel (Hebrew: מנהרת הכותל, translit.: Minheret Hakotel) is an
underground tunnel exposing the Western Wall in its full length. The tunnel is adjacent
to the Western Wall and is located under buildings of the Old City of Jerusalem,
Israel. While the open-air portion of the Western Wall is approximately 60 m long, the
majority...
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The Cenacle (from Latin cenaculum), also known as the "Upper
Room", is the term used for the site of The Last Supper. The
word is a derivative of the Latin word cena, which means
dinner.
In Christian tradition, based on Acts 1:13,[1] the "Upper
Room" was not only the site of the Last Supper (i.e. the
Cenacle), but the usual place where the Apo...
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King David's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר דוד המלך) is the name given
to a Jewish religious site on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, near
the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey; the site has traditionally been
viewed as the burial place of King David, the second king of
Israel. It is situated in a ground floor corner of the
remains of the former Hagia Zion, a Byzantine chu...
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The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is the only Protestant
church in the Old City of Jerusalem. Built between 1893 and
1898 by the architect Paul Ferdinand Groth (*1859-1955*)
following the designs of Friedrich Adler, the Church of the
Redeemer currently houses Lutheran congregations that
worship in Arabic, German, Danish, and English. The chu...
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The Via Dolorosa (Latin for Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) is a street, in two parts, within the Old City of
Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus walked, carrying his cross, on the way to his crucifixion. The current
route has been established since the 18th century, replacing various earlier versions.[1] It is today marked by nine
Stati...
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The Antonia Fortress was a military barracks built by Herod
the Great in Jerusalem on the site of earlier Ptolemaic and
Hasmonean strongholds, named after Herod's patron Mark
Antony. The fortress was built at the eastern end of the
great wall of the city (the second wall), on the
northeastern side of the city, near the temple and Pool of
Beth...
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