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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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Spreading out from the Plaza Major was a network of little alleyways, many leading up to Pollensa's pride and joy, a long (very long), steep stone stairway which climbs Calvary Hill.
 
 
 
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