Note: Image number will appear in the pop-up line when you will point your mouse on the pictures of Jerusalem. The image number corresponds to the notes number below

159 = The Church of  St. Ann

St. Anne's Church by Lion's (St. Stephen's) Gate
This beautiful church, according to the tradition, stands over-the house of St. Anne, the Virgin Mary's mother, where Mary was born. It is one of the finest examples of a preserved Crusader art. The Crusaders rebuilt the church, which we see today, and they embellished the walls with frescoes. The church measures 34 m in length and 19.50 m in width, it is divided into three aisles. Saladin turned the place into a school of theology and the place became known as it is to this day by the name Salahiyeh.

Pool of Bethesda
Next to the church is the Pool of Bethesda, an archaeological excavation of an early Roman pool  where Jesus healed a crippled man (St. John 5: 1). Please see ancient Jerusalem map at the maps page.

160 = The mount of Olives from the Temple Mount.

Mount of Olives
Outside the Old City Eastern wall and Lion's gate lay Kidron Valley and the Mount of Olives, a 2655 foot hill. Named after the many olive trees that thrived here at one time (a few representative trees can still be seen) this is also where the Last Judgement is supposed to take place.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Jedea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld,he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. Then two men stood by them in white apparel Which also said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, Shall so come in lide manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olives - Mount of Olives - which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. Acts. 1:8-12