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Part II -The City Holy to Three Religions
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| The venerated remnant of the Second Temple (destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE). It is Judaism's most revered site, representing its link with the past and its hope for the future.
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| The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built at the beginning of the Byzantine era, contains the last five Stations of the Cross and serves as a focal point for Christian pilgrimage.
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| The Dome of the Rock: one of the oldest and most beautiful examples of Muslim architecture, a shrine built in the 7th century by the Umayyad Khalif Abed el-Malik, on the site of the destroyed Jewish Temple.
Decorative ceramic tiles on the Dome of the Rock.
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| Al-Aqsa Mosque, third holiest site for Muslims (after Mecca and Medina). Also built in the 7th century, it serves today as a center of prayer for Muslims.
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| The Church of all Nations, adjoining the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives, built in the early 20th century over the site of a Byzantine chapel.
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| Heichal Shlomo, housing the seat of Israel's Chief Rabbinate, rabbinical courts, a library and a museum of religious items. The building, completed in 1958 and funded by Sir Isaac Wolfson in honor of his father Shlomo, bears the quote "and they shall judge the nation justly."(Deuteronomy 16:18).
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| Givat Ram Synagogue - an unusual architectural shape serves a time-honored purpose on the Givat Ram Hebrew University Campus.
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| A stained glass window in the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, providing both traditional motifs and bright colors.
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