THE JERUSALEM I SAW

Compiling the list of all the sites that I had visited in Jerusalem might be helpful in locating them in the blog. However, a few of them could not be visited for various reasons such as they were not open to the public or was difficult to reach. Nevertheless, I still managed to get their exterior views, and sometimes I used elevated positions or observation points to get a better view- such venues are bracketed by adding ’exterior view only’. For instance, Akeldama-deep inside the Hinnom Valley was not visited, but it was possible to observe the site very nicely from the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. In addition, only the sites that I could manage to photograph are included, for example there are a few chapels in the Church of Holy Sepulchre that are not open to the visitors, and they have not been listed here. In the case of important sites, highlights of the spots visited are separately listed for a better understanding, eg. Church of Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount, Western Wall Tunnels etc.

CHRISTIAN

1.      Akeldama/Field of Blood/Potter’s Field (exterior view only)

2.      Armenian Cemetery (exterior view only)

3.      Armenian Quarter-General

4.      Basilica of St. Stephen or Basilica Etienne (Catholic), East Jerusalem

5.      Birthplace of Virgin Mary & House of St. Anne and St. Joachim (Greek Orthodox)

6.      Cathedral of Holy Trinity (Russian Orthodox)

7.      Cathedral of St. James (Armenian)

8.      Cathedral of St. George (Anglican or Episcopal), East Jerusalem

9.      Catholic Cemetery, Mount Zion and Oskar Schindler’s Grave

10.  Christian Quarter-General

11.  Church  and Convent of St. Mary Magdalene (Russian Orthodox), Mount of Olives

12. Church and Convent of the Sisters of Zion (Catholic)

13.  Church and Monastery of Ascension (Russian Orthodox), Bell Tower, Chapel of St. John the Baptist

14.  Church and Monastery of Bethfadjeh or Bethphage (Greek Orthodox) at Et-Tur, East Jerusalem

15.  Church and Monastery of St. Mark (Syriac Orthodox) & the Last Supper Room

16.  Church of All Nations or Basilica of the Agony, Gethsemane

17.  Church of Ascension (Evangelical Lutheran) and Augusta Victoria Hospital & Views from the Bell Tower

18. Church of Assumption or Tomb of Virgin Mary

19.  Church of Bethphage (Catholic) & Stele of Bethphage

20. Church of Condemnation and Imposition of the Cross (Catholic)

21.  Church of Dominus Flevit (Catholic), Mount of Olives

22. Church of Dormition (Catholic)

23.  Church of Flagellation (Catholic)

24. Church of Holy Sepulchre (Atrium, Rotunda, Stone of Anointing, Holy Sepulchre or Edicule, Chapel of the Angel, Chapel of the Apparition, Chapel of St. Helena, Chapel of Holy Cross (or Grotto of the Invention of the Cross), Chapel of Vartan, Calvary (or Golgotha), Greek Choir (or Katholikon), Navel of the World, Chapel of the Franks, Chapel of St. Mary of Egypt (or Chapel of the Sorrows), Place of the Holy Women (or Stone of 3 Holy Women),Chapel of the Copts, Chapel of the Syrians, Jewish Tombs (or Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea), Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, Seven Arches of the Virgin, Prison of Christ, Chapel of St. Longinus, Chapel of Division of the Raiment, Chapel of the Mocking (or Chapel of Insults), Cave or Chapel of Adam, Franciscan Choir, Ethiopian Monastery (Dei res-Sultan),Tomb Monuments of Godfrey de Boulion and Baldwin I, Ancient Graffiti, Immovable Ladder)

25.  Church of Kidane Mehret or Convent of Mercy (Ethiopian Orthodox)

26. Church of  St. Alexander Nevisky or Alexander Hospice (Russian Orthodox) 

 27. Church of St. Andrew or Scots Memorial Church (Anglican)

28. Church of St. Anne (Catholic) & Pool of Bethesda

29.  Church of St. Helena (Coptic Orthodox) & the 4th Cent. Cistern

30.  Church of St. Jacob (Coptic Orthodox)

31.  Church of St. John the Baptist & Muristan (exterior view only)

32.  Church of St. Mary of the Teutonic Knights (Crusader) or St. Mary's German Hospice

33. Church of Pater Noster (Catholic)

34.  Church of St. Peter in Gallicuntu (Catholic) & Prison of Christ/Sacred Pit, Palace of Caiaphas, First century Stone Stairs/Holy Stairs, Underground Caves

35. Church of St. Saviour (Armenian) or the House of Caiaphas (exterior view only)

36. Church of Redeemer (Lutheran) & Views from the Bell Tower

37.  Church of St. Stephen (Greek Orthodox), Gethsemane

38.  Church of Viri Galilaei (Greek Orthodox)

39.  Coenaculam or Last Supper Room, Mount Zion

40.  Convent of the Olive Tree or the Monastery of Holy Archangels or House of Annas (Armenian)

41.  Courtyard of Al-Omariyyeh College, the First Station of Via Dolorosa

42. Dome of the Ascension (Mosque) or the Church of Ascension 

43. Ecce Homo Arch

44. Garden of Gethsemane

45.  Garden Tomb, East Jerusalem

46. Grotto of Gethsemane

47.  Hill of Evil Counsel or Jebel Deir Abu-Tor (House of Caiaphas, exterior view only)

48.  Lithostrotos or Gabbatha

49.  Monastery of Onuphrius (Greek Orthodox-exterior view only)

50.  Nea Church (Byzantine)-Southern Apse (outside City Walls) and Northern Apse (inside Jewish Quarter)

51.  Prison of Jesus Christ (Greek Orthodox)

52.  Prison of the Thieves and Barabbas (Greek Orthodox)

53.  Struthion (Sparrow) Pool in the Convent of the Sisters of Zion

54.  Via Dolorosa and the 14 Stations: [(1) Jesus is condemned to death, (2) Jesus accepts the cross, (3) Jesus falls the first time, (4) Jesus meets His Mother, (5) Simon of Cyrene carries the cross, (6) Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, (7) Jesus falls the second time, (8) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem, (9) Jesus falls the third time, (10) Jesus is stripped of His garments, (11) Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross, (12) Jesus dies on the cross, (13) Jesus’ body is removed from the cross and (14) Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense]

55.  Via Dolorosa-the Chapels: (Armenian and Polish Catholic Chapels-Station 3; Franciscan Chapel-Station 5; Greek Catholic Chapel-Station 6; Franciscan Chapel-Station 7; Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Helena-Station 9)

 

JEWISH

1.      Har Hotsivim

2.      Herod's Family Tomb

3.      Hurva Square

4.      Jerusalem New City

5.      Jewish Cemetery of Mount of Olives

6.      Jewish Quarter-General

7.      Kiryat Zanz neighbourhood

8.      Little Western Wall or Ha Kotel Ha Katan

9.      Mahane Yehuda Market

10.  Malha or Manahat

11.  Mea Shearim Neighbourhood

12.  Mishkenot Sha'ananim (Montefiore Windmill)

13.  Mount Herzl or Har ha-Zikaron

14.  Ramban Synagogue

15.  Ramot Eshkol neighbourhood

16.  Rothschild House, Roman Column in Batei Mahase (Shelter House)

17.  Sanhedrin Tombs

18.  Sanhedriya neighbourhood

19.  Sephardi Synagogues (Rabban Yohannan Ben Zakkai Synagogue, Eliahu HaNavi Talmud Torah Congregation & Cave of Elijah, Emtzai Synagogue Zion Congregation, Istanbuli Synagogue)

20.  The Broad Wall

21.  The Israel National Cemetery

22.  Tiferet Israel Synagogue (ruins)

23.  Tomb of King David-Men and Women section, Mount Zion

24.  Tomb of Prophets (Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi), Mount of Olives

25.  Tomb of Simon HaTsadik, East Jerusalem

26.  Underground views of Western Wall

27.  Valley of Jehoshaphat or Kidron Valley (Tomb of Jehoshaphat, Tomb of Absalom, Grotto of St. James or Tomb of Benei Hezir, Tomb of Zechariah, Unfinished Tomb)

28.  Western Wall or Wailing Wall (Ha Kotel)

29.  Western Wall Tunnels: (The largest stone of Western Wall, Closest point to the Holy of Holies, Warren's Gate, Herodian Columns and Street, Aqueduct, Struthion Pool, Hasmonean Staircase)

30.  Western Wall-old Entrances: Warren's Gate; Wilson's Arch; Barclay's Gate; Robinson's Arch

31.  Yad VaShem or Holocaust Memorial Museum

32.  Yemin Moshe Quarter

 

ISLAMIC

1.      Abu Tor (Site for Tomb of Caiaphas)-East Jerusalem Neighbourhood

2.      Al Aqsa Mosque, Temple Mount (exterior view only)

3.      Ayyubid Mosque of Omar (exterior view only)

4.      Dome of the Rock (exterior view only)

5.      Mamilla Muslim Cemetery

6.      Muslim Quarter-General

7.      Silwan Village-East Jerusalem Neighbourhood (exterior view only)

8.      Suq el Qattanin or Cotton Merchants Market

9.    Haram esh-Sharif or the Temple Mount (MOSQUES: Al Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock, Mosque of Al-Buraq; DOMES: Dome (Qubbat) of the Chain, Dome of al-Khadr, Dome of Ascension, Dome of the Spirits, Dome of the Prophet, Dome of the Lovers of the Prophet, Dome of Solomon, Dome of Yusuf Agha, Dome of Balance, Dome of the School of Grammar, Dome of Muezzin, Dome of Moses; GATES (11): Morocco Gate, Chain Gate, Peace Gate, Ablution Gate, Cotton Merchant's Gate, Iron Gate, Council Gate, Bani Ghanim Gate, Darkness Gate, Remission Gate, Tribes Gate; MINARETS (4): Minaret al-Asbat; Minaret of Ghawanimah; Minaret of Chain; Minaret of al-Maghariba (Al-Fakhriyya); 8 ARCADES (Qanatris); Al-Kas (the Cup); Islamic Museum; Golden Gate (Sealed); SCHOOLS: Al-Omariyyeh School; Isardiyya Madrassa; Almalikiyya Madrassa; Ashrafiyya Madrassa;  SABIL (FOUNTAIN):, Sabil Qait Bey, Sabil Qasim Pasha; Pool of Raranj; Foundations of Antonia Fortress)

10.  Tomb of Huldah/St. Pelagia/Rabia al-Adawiyya

11.  Zawiyat al-Adawiyya Mosque

 

OTHER HISTORICAL & IMPORTANT SITES

1.      Botanical Garden (Nicanor Tomb & Burial Caves of 1st Cent.)

2.      Cardo of Jerusalem (Byzantine) and Underground-First Temple, Hasmonean remains

3.      Gan HaTekumah Archaeological Garden 

4.      Gates of Jerusalem [Jaffa Gate, Damascus Gate, Lion's Gate (St. Stephen's Gate), Zion Gate (David's Gate), New Gate, Herod's Gate (Flower Gate), Dung Gate, Golden Gate (Gate of Mercy]

5.      Givat Ram-Hebrew University Campus

6.      Hezekiah’s Pool/ Patriarch's Pool/Amygdalon Pool/Pillar Pool/Birket Hammam al-Batrak (exterior view only)

7.      Indian Hospice (exterior view only)

8.   Jerusalem Archaeological Park & Davidson Centre or Ophel Garden (Robinson’s Arch, Trumpeting Place, Herodian Shops, Collapsed stones of Second Jerusalem Temple, Eastern Hulda Gate (Triple Gate), Western Huldah Gate (Double Gate), Herodian Staircase, Umayyad Palace ruins, Byzantine remains, Southern Wall of Temple Mount, Ritual Baths, South West Corner of Jerusalem Temple)

9.      Jerusalem Biblical Zoo or Tisch Family Zoological Gardens

10.  Jerusalem British War Cemetery

11.  Jerusalem City Hall (exterior view only), Safra Square

12.  Jerusalem Walls-City of David National Park (Royal Quarter, Canaanite Tunnel, Warren Shaft, Shiloah (Silom) Pool, Hezekiah Tunnel, Meyuchas House, Tombs of Davidic Dynasty, Area G: -Ahiel House, Bullae House, Burnt Room, Toilet Seat)

13.  King David Hotel (exterior view only)

14.  King George Street

15.  Majorie & Archie Sherman Park, East Talpiot

16.  Mamilla Pool

17.  Mamilla Promenade & Shopping Mall

18.  Mount Scopus or Har Ha-Tzofim Observation Point

19.  Mount Scopus -Hebrew University Campus

20.  Mount Zion Excavation Sites (exterior view only)

21.  Peace Forest of Jerusalem

22.  Rampart’s Walk from Jaffa Gate-Zion Gate to Dung Gate

23.  Rampart's Walk: Jaffa-New-Damascus-Herod-Lion Gates

24.  Rehavam Observation Point, Mount of Olives

25. Remains of Ancient Streets inside the Old City of Jerusalem from 2nd Temple & Roman Periods

26.  Roman Column Serving as a Lamp Post

27.  Roman Plaza or Northern Gate of Aelia Capitolina, near Damascus Gate

28.  Struthion (Sparrow) Pool in Western Wall Tunnel

29.  Sultan's Pool or Brechat HaSultan

30.  Tabachnik Park & Cemetery

31.  The Finger of Og or Herod’s Pillar

32.  The Golden Gate

33.  The Golden Menorah Exhibit

34.  The Hill of Offense (King Solomon’s High Places, exterior view only)

35.  The Hinnom Valley

36.  The Israel National Museum (The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Shrine of the Book, Holyland Second Temple Model)

37.  The Separation Wall (exterior view only)

38.  The Single Gate

39.  The South East Corner of Temple Mount

40.  Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter

41.  Tower of David Museum or the Citadel of Jerusalem

42.  Views: (The Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Office, Ministry of Interior, Bible Land Museum, Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Israel, Supreme Court)

43.  Walls of Jerusalem

44.  Wohl Rose Park or Gan Wohl l'Vradim

45.  YMCA of Jerusalem  (exterior view only)

46.  Zedekiah's Cave or Solomon’s Quarries