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SAINT-JACQUES CATHEDRAL
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the cathedral was built in ...Read more
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HOURVA SYNAGOGUE
Religious buildings
A symbol of the Jewish quarter, the Hourva synagogue ("ruins" in Hebrew) ...Read more
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ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Religious buildings
This church, one of two bearing this name in Ein Kerem (the other is in the ...Read more
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FOUR SEPHARDIC SYNAGOGUES
Synagogue to visit
These four carefully restored synagogues were built by Sephardim from ...Read more
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FONTAINE DE MARIE (MARY'S SPRING)
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
According to Christian tradition, Ein Kerem is the birthplace of St. John ...Read more
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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
This Russian Orthodox monastery overlooking the Church of the Visitation ...Read more
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KARAITE SYNAGOGUE
Synagogue to visit
The Karait synagogue is the oldest active synagogue in Jerusalem and the ...Read more