Aelia Capitolina
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Aelia Capitolina was a Roman colony founded during the Roman emperor Hadrian's visit to Judaea in 129/130 CE. It was founded on the ruins of Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the si
The remaining two arches of the gateway in 1864; the smaller arch (left) was incorporated in the Basilica of Ecce Homo.
The portion of the arch visible today (approx. 180° opposite the former image)
The basilica interior preserves the northern arch of the Aelia Capitolina's eastern forum gateway under its apse.
Hadrian founder Aelia Capitolina
Muristan
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The Muristan is a complex of streets and shops in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the location of the Bimaristan built by Saladin adjacent to an older hospital built by the
The market area of the Muristan, Suq Aftimos, with the Muristan fountain at its centre
Godfrey of Bouillon, who endowed the hospital in the Muristan after the First Crusade, in a fresco in the Manta Castle
The Church of the Redeemer (Erlöserkirche), in 1900.