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11 - Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcre

   
11 - Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcre, Jericho, Palestinian Territory

This church contains the tomb of Jesus Christ. It has chapels for the Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Armenian, Syrian, Coptic, Ethiopian churches all in the same building. They give the key to the church, however, to a Moslem to keep the Christians from fighting amongst themselves. The key has been handed down in the same family for centuries.

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