Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

For a 360-degree view of the walled city climb up the winding staircase in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the Christian Quarter. Across from the Lutheran Church is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which is said to mark the site of the crucifixion burial and resurrection of Christ. Built in the 4th century on top of a temple to the Roman goddess Venus and rebuilt again by Crusaders in the 12th century the building encompasses the last five Stations of the Cross. Once rather dark and grim the church is now suffused with light from a skylight capping its newly restored dome.