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Jerusalem in the middle of the mountains 
of Judea in the 11th century AD.

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Originally built as a small fortress, Jerusalem 
became an important place for the monotheistic religions:

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Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

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Their holy sites lie within 
the fortress walls of the Old City.

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For Christians, this place is 
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher:


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built on the site where, according to tradition, 
the tomb of Jesus was.


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For the Jews it is the Wailing Wall:

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originally built as the outer wall of a plateau 
on which the Jewish temple once stood.

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Today, the Islamic Dome of the Rock 
is located here.

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The Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount 
is the place of worship of the Muslims.

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In almost no other city is religion 
as present as in Jerusalem.