Armenian Quarter

The Armenian Quarter occupies the southwest corner of the Old City of Jerusalem. It covers one-sixth of the area contained inside the ancient walls. It is believed that between 35 and 25 B.C., the Jewish King, Herod built a fortress and his palace along the western wall of the Quarter which at that time was called The Upper City since it was relatively on higher ground than the other Quarters.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, this westernmost section of the Quarter was used as a cow pasture and to this day it is called such. The Armenian Quarter is reached through the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate Road, a narrow, one-way street extending through the centre of the Quarter and ending at Zion Gate in the south. This street runs between the southern wall of the city and the Armenian cemetery adjacent to St. Savior Armenian Convent and the Biblical House of Caiaphas.

Over the last three centuries, The Armenian Quarter has been the burial place of many distinguished Patriarchs of Jerusalem as well as the resting place of members of the community and many pilgrims who met their reward while visiting the Holy Places. The centrepiece of the cemetery is a monument erected in memory of the fallen heroes of the Armenian Legion in 1917.

Location: Jerusalem, Israel.
Website: https://cnewa.org/magazine/jerusalems-armenian-quarter-30548/
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