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Also known as Golgotha, Golgota, Mount Golgotha, Mount Calvary

thumb|Traditional site of Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
hill
Country
Israel
Located in
Judaea
Image
Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre BW 18.JPG
Significant event
crucifixion of Jesus
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mountain range
Jerusalem hills
depicted by
calvary
Commons category
Golgotha
described by source
Wikitólica
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calvary
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Biblical references and names
  • Location
  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Church of the Holy Sepulchre
  • Temple to Aphrodite
  • Rockface
  • Pilgrimages to Constantine's Church
  • Gordon's Calvary
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Traditional site of Golgotha in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha (), was a site immediately outside Roman Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Calvary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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