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The Via Dolorosa |
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| Traditionally, the route followed by Christ from his trial to his Crucifixion. As usual, the actual route is highly contested, but never mind; this route makes a wonderful walk through old Jerusalem, starting in the Muslim quarter and ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. | |
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| These two beautiful churches mark the first two stations, though the actual site of the condemnation is said to be in the courtyard of a school on the other side of the road. | |
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| A significant place on the Via Dolorosa, though not a station. This is the Ecce Homo arch, tradionally where the humiliated Christ was presented to the people. | |
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| Station 3 is marked by a Polish chapel. Jesus falls for the first time. Station 4 has an Armenian Catholic chapel: Jesus meets his mother. | |
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| Station 5 has a
Franciscan oratory. Here Simon of Cyrene carries the Cross. The man on the chair
made it clear that he was not Simon. Station 6: The chapel of a convent, traditionally the site of Veronica's house. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. |
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| Station 7: A Franciscan chapel marks the place of Jesus's second fall. Station 8: The wall of a Greek Monastery. Jesus meets the Women of Jerusalem. | |
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| Station 9: A Roman column. Jesus falls for the third time. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is in the background: The final five stations are found there. | |
