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View of the Church of Saint John the Baptist (A) and the putativehouse of his mother Elizabeth in Ein Karem near Jerusalem.

View of Ein el-Habis, also called Desert of Saint John the Baptist.

Map of the spring of Saint Philip in Jerusalem.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In the foreground, a Turk charges the pilgrims their entrance to the church.

Interior view of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

The Cenacle on Mount Zion, site of the Last Supper and the Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.

View of Mount Sion, site of a convent of Minor Friars.

View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.

Muslims of Jerusalem.

View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with the stone which commemorates the spot of the third fall of Christ on the route to Golgotha.

The Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Calvary chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Chapel of the tombs of Godefroy de Bouillon and Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

The tomb of Adam underneath Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Chapel of Adam). According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Shem and Melchizedek guided by angels travelled to the spot whre Noah's Ark was, took Adam's body and, guided by angels, buried it at the site of Calvary in Jerusalem.

Columns from the Chapel of Saint Helen in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. According to tradition, the columns weep the death of Christ.

Chapel of the Resurrection where the Holy Fire miracle takes place.

Belltower of church in Jerusalem.

Church of Mary Magdalene, seat of Jerusalem Patriarchate at the time. Church of Saint John the Baptist, first hospital of the Crusaders, after which the order of the Knights Hospitaller was named.