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Mount Zion is the hill immediately south-west of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, holding the traditional sites of the Last Supper and King David’s Tomb. Discussed here as part of a post on Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion.

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Crusader capital in the Last Supper Room (Cenacle)
Centre · Jerusalem

Crusader Jerusalem

A walk through the Old City focused on the Crusader century: the Cenacle on Mount Zion, the Nea Church, the German Knights' hospice, the Crusader market, the Church of the Redeemer and the Holy Sepulchre.

Jul 2013 · 5 minute read
Crusader capital in the Last Supper Room (Cenacle) Ruins of the Crusader Nea Church St Mary’s Hospice of the German Knights View over the Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem The inimitable Bilal Abu Khalaf dons his traditional garb Crusader cloisters in the Church of the Redeemer Inside the cistern under the Coptic Church of St Helen Church of the Holy Sepulchre: site marking the creation of the world
Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal
Centre · Jerusalem

Christianity in the Judean Hills

The final of five field trips on Christian sites: Abu Ghosh, Ein Kerem and Beit Jamal. Crusader churches, the birthplace of John the Baptist and a Salesian monastery on the way home.

Jun 2013 · 5 minute read
Olivier - the wonderful Benedictine monk in Abu Ghosh Church of the Visitation, Ein Kerem Mary's Spring, Ein Kerem Church of St John the Baptist, Ein Kerem Spring at St John in the Desert, Even Sapir Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant, Kiriat Yearim Convent of the Sisters of Bethlehem, Beit Jamal Church of St Stephen, Beit Jamal
Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives
Centre · Jerusalem

Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion

A walking tour of the Christian sites surrounding the final days of Jesus: from the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, down through Gethsemane, and up to the Last Supper room and St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion.

May 2013 · 7 minute read
View over the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives Church of the Pater Noster (Eleona) on the Mount of Olives Church of Dominus Flevit on the Mount of Olives Inside the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem Tomb of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion Sculpture inside the Last Supper Room (Cenacle) in Jerusalem View over Jerusalem from Mount Zion Church of St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion Steps leading down Mount Zion towards Gethsemane from the Roman period
The Western Wall (the Kotel)
Centre · Jerusalem

Jerusalem: First Temple and Second Temple Periods

A field-trip filling in the gaps between the two Jerusalem temple-period days: the Roman 10th Legion's camp under Binyanei Hauma, the Western Wall Tunnels, an advance preview of the Eastern Cardo, the Kidron mausolea and the burial tombs at Ketef Hinnom.

Apr 2013 · 5 minute read
Roman Kiln at the Jerusalem ICC King David's Tomb Inside the Western Wall Tunnels The Western Wall (the Kotel) Excavations in the Western Wall Plaza Mausoleum in Nachal Kidron (Valley of the King) First Temple Period Tomb at Ketef Hinnom View into Gei Ben Hinnom
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