CATEGORY HOLY SITES IN JERUSALEM

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the most important and the holiest Christian site in the World. It is the holiest place in Christianity where Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. The Church holds the STONE OF ANOINTING, the GOLGOTHA HILL (called also the CALVARY, or the PLACE OF THE SKULL) where Jesus was […]

WESTERN WALL or THE BURAQ WALL

The WAILING WALL, or the Western Wall, is the last remaining wall of the Temple Mount where once the ancient Solomon’s Temple of Jerusalem and the Holy of Holies – the Gate to Haven stood. The Wailing Wall is one of the holy sites in IsraelSaveThere are separate prayer sites for men and women on […]

AL-AQSA MOSQUE

The Dome of the Rock was built in around 690 AD, while Al-Aqsa mosque was built 20 years later around 710 AD. In the 11th century during the Crusaders times, the Crusader kings converted Al-Aqsa mosque to a royal palace. In the 12th century, it became the headquarter of the Knights of Templar. Later in […]

The Dome of the Rock

The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim shrine built on the Temple Mount, or the Noble Sanctuary, over the sacred stone where the Prophet Muhammed ascended to the Haven from the Earth on a winged horse during his Night Journey. According to the Jewish beliefs, this is the very same rock on which Abraham […]

TEMPLE MOUNT

The TEMPLE MOUNT, also called HARAM AL-SHARIF what means the NOBLE SANCTUARY, is a plateau in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is considered to be the holiest place in Jerusalem and a place of huge importance to today’s 3 main religions in the World: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Temple Mount is the holiest […]