Israel: Jerusalem – Jerusalem – Via Dolarosa (Revisited)
Via Dolorosa or the Way of Sorrows is supposedly the 600m/2000ft long path in the heart of the Old Jerusalem where Jesus walked to crucifixion. It starts at the Lion’s Gate and ends at the Church of Holy Sepulchre. The path is marked with 9 Stations of the Cross where Jesus supposedly fell, saw mother, communicated with strangers and Roman soldiers (the remaining 5 Stations of the Cross are inside the Church of Holy Sepulchre. The stations are marked by round signs. Most of Via Dolorosa goes through Muslim Quarter (but there are many Christian churches here), eventually coming to the Christian Quarter and the Church of Holy Sepulchre. More then a million pilgrims walk the path every year.
