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Khan Tankiz is a part of the Cotton Merchants Market or Suq al-Qattanin, which was historically one of the busiest markets in the Old City of Jerusalem. This beautiful covered market runs through the Muslim Quarter connecting the main al-Wad Street to the Haram al-Sharif compound through the intricately designed Cotton Merchants Gate.

Located just 60 meters inside Lions Gate in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City, is a wooden doorway that leads into the tranquil garden compound housing the Crusader  Era  Church  of  Saint  Anne  and  the  Pools  of  Bethesda  archaeological site.

Just east of the Old City of Jerusalem on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives is the Franciscan Church of Bethphage. Bethphage is a name derived from Aramaic, meaning “the house of the unripe fig,” a reference to the fruitless fig tree that was cursed by Jesus and withered and died in the Bible.