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Jerusalem 3
Other Israel Pages:
Jerusalem 1, 2 and 4

Church of All Nations

Garden of Gethsemane (Horvus Gethsemani)

Tomb of the Virgin Mary

Dormition (of Mary) Abbey
Tradition says that the Virgin Mary fell into eternal sleep at this site on Mount Zion. Franciscans built a chapel over the site in the 14th century and in 1910 Wilhelm II of Germany built this church that looks like a medieval fortress.