Church of Saint John the Baptist, Jerusalem built

401 CE.

Shown on the map at 31.777°, 35.229°.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist (Hebrew: כנסיית יוחנן המטביל) is a small Greek Orthodox church in the Muristan area of the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem. The above-ground churchmostly dates to the 11th century, and the crypt to the Late Roman or Byzantine period (between ca. 324 and 500 AD).

Text from the Wikipedia article Greek Orthodox Church of Saint John the Baptist, Jerusalem, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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