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Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. [1]The list of Christian holy places in the Holy Land outlines sites within cities located in the Holy Land that are regarded as having a special religious significance to Christians, usually by association with Jesus or other persons mentioned in the Bible.
The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Temple Mount'), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, [2] [3] is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years, including in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Jaffa (Joppa), the site of the house of Simon the Tanner where St Peter has risen St Tabitha from the dead and also her eventual burial site. The Jesus Trail. Lod (Lydda) – the traditional birth and burial site of Saint George, one of the most venerated Christian martyrs. Mount Carmel, site of Elijah's famous challenge to the prophets of Baal.
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Christian Quarter: Arched entrance to the Muristan, northern access to Suq Aftimos Map of the Christian Quarter. The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: Ha-Rova ha-Notsri; Arabic: حارة النصارى, romanized: Ḥārat al-Naṣārā) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and ...
Western pilgrims to Jerusalem during the 11th century found much of the sacred site in ruins. [32] [failed verification] Control of Jerusalem, and thereby the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, continued to change hands several times between the Fatimids and the Seljuk Turks (loyal to the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad) until the Crusaders' arrival in ...
City of David: 1000 BCE: Second Temple Period: 538 BCE–70 CE: Aelia Capitolina: 130–325 CE: Byzantine: 325–638 CE: Early Muslim: 638–1099: Crusader: 1099–1187
Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem in Jerusalem (of the home of two lutheran denominations: Arab-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and a german-speaking community of the Evangelical (Protestant) Church in Germany)