Holy place
Christianity
Jerusalem is believed to be the site of some of Jesus's teaching, the Last Supper, the subsequent institution of the Holy Eucharist as well as his entombment; Christians believe he was crucified on a nearby hill, Golgotha (sometimes called Calvary). It contains the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, Mount Zion and the Dormition Abbey, and Gethsemane (with Mary's Tomb and the Church of All Nations). Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus; see the Church of the Nativity Nazareth is Jesus's hometown and the site of many holy places, including the Church of the Annunciation and Mary's Well. Cana is where Jesus made his first miracle (Turned the water into wine) Al-Maghtas, this site has been recognized as the original site where Jesus was baptized by all the major traditional Christian Churches. The site is in Jordan Machaerus, the Herodias fortress where John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded. The site is in Jordan Mount Nebo, traditional site of the death of Moses and where he looked over to the "promised land". The site is in Jordan During the Crusades, Christian pilgrims often sought out the holy places in the Outremer, especially early in the 12th century immediately after Jerusalem was captured. The holy places included sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, as well as:
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