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Chapel
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Located at the
highest point in Jerusalem,
Built by Queen
Helena as part of a vast Church and Monastery complex,
in the year 392
A.D.
This Chapel marks
the site where Jesus acsended into heaven.
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Since the time of
it's construction,
the octogonal
shrine has undergone
many facelifts.
Destroyed by the
Persions in the year 614 A.D.
Reconstructed to
it's present day dimensions by the
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