Abbey of the Dormition is a Catholic abbey belonging to the Benedictine Order in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate. The Abbey is said to mark the spot where Mary, mother of Jesus, died.
Abbey of the Dormition
Dormition Abbey behind Greek Hagias Zion Convent
Conrad Schick's diagram of the land acquired in 1898 for the construction, during the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm
Exterior of the church
Mount Zion is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David and later for the Temple Mount, but its meaning has shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's Western Hill. In a wider sense, the term Zion is also used for the entire Land of Israel.
Mount Zion
View of Mount Zion from the Mount of Olives
View of Mount Zion from west
David's Tomb on Mount Zion