Praitorion (Prison of Christ)
Praitorion (Prison of Christ) is a church in West Bank, Palestine. Praitorion (Prison of Christ) is situated nearby to the church Ecce Homo Basilica, as well as near the city gate Ecce Homo Arch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dome of the Rock and Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Dome of the Rock
Place of worship
The Dome of the Rock is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically-attested religious structure to be built by a Muslim ruler and contains the earliest inscriptions proclaiming Islam and the prophet Muhammad. Dome of the Rock is situated 330 metres southeast of Praitorion (Prison of Christ).
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre is situated 370 metres southwest of Praitorion (Prison of Christ).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muslim Quarter and Old City.
Muslim Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: McKaby, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Muslim Quarter is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. It covers 31 hectares of the northeastern sector of the Old City.
Old City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Praitorion (Prison of Christ)
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Greek Orthodox
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78024° or 31° 46′ 49″ northLongitude
35.23296° or 35° 13′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6JM+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 744679915OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=greek_orthodox
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Hungarian—“Praitorion (Prison of Christ)” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Pretordi (Toull-bac’h ar C’hrist)”
- French: “Prétoire (Prison du Christ)”
- Hungarian: “Praitorion (Krisztus börtöne)”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ecce Homo Basilica and Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
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