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Calvary

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The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, showing one of the 14 stations which mark the stages of Jesus' journey to Calvary, the place of his crucifixion.
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. It was founded about AD 335 by the Emperor Constantine on the traditional site of Christ's burial.

In the New Testament, the site of Jesus' crucifixion at Jerusalem. Two chief locations are suggested: the site where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands, and the hill beyond the Damascus gate.



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It was polished and hard, and in as excellent a state of preservation as if the dread tragedy on Calvary had occurred yesterday instead of eighteen centuries ago.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
When Felicite passed the Calvary again, she felt as if she must entrust that which was dearest to her to the Lord; and for a long while she prayed, with uplifted eyes and a face wet with tears.
A Simple Soul by Flaubert, Gustave View in context
Anyhow, she left it almost finished in the Grotto of the Calvary at the Capuccini Hotel at Amalfi while she went for a little ink.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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