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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