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Lod is a mixed Jewish-Arab city on the Tel Aviv coastal plain, known in antiquity as Lydda and home to a Byzantine-era basilica honouring St George. Discussed here as part of a day exploring Ramla and Lod, two of the central plain’s oldest continuously-inhabited towns.

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Arches Pool, Ramla
Centre

Ramla and Lod

A field trip to two adjacent cities in central Israel: the Karaite Centre, White Tower, Arches Pool and Great Mosque in Ramla, plus the Church of St George in Lod. A surprisingly rewarding day for return visitors.

Jun 2013 · 4 minute read
Karaite Synagogue in Ramla Church of St Nicodemus and St Joseph of Arimathea in Ramla The White Tower, Ramla Arches Pool, Ramla The Great Mosque, Ramla Sarcophagus of St George, Lod
Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem
Centre · Jerusalem

The Via Dolorosa

Walking the Via Dolorosa, station by station from the Antonia fortress to the aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. With a morning stop at the Garden Tomb, the Church of St Anne and the Pool of Bethesda.

Jun 2013 · 6 minute read
Burial Cave at The Garden Tomb, Jerusalem Church of St Anne, Jerusalem Ruins at Bethesda, Jerusalem Chapel of the Flagellation, Jerusalem Chapel marking one of Jesus' three falls on the Via Dolorosa Crosses left by pilgrims at station nine on the Via Dolorosa Roman Catholic mass inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Edicule of the Tomb, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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