Chapel of Notre Dame in West Jerusalem

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Notre Dame of Jerusalem © Mislishka/cc-by-sa-3.0

Notre Dame of Jerusalem © Mislishka/cc-by-sa-3.0

The “Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem” (French: “Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Jérusalem”) or “Chapel of Notre Dame”, is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the “Complex of Notre Dame of Jerusalem” (formerly known as “Notre Dame de France”, or “Our Lady of France”) which was built by French religious between 1893 and 1894 in West Jerusalem, as part of a larger group of buildings known as the “Hospice of Our Lady of France”, which was built mostly in stone with “defensive” purposes.

It was built in a symmetrical, neoclassical style, supplemented by Oriental style battlements on the roof and was completely renovated in the 1970s.

Complex of Notre Dame de France © Djampa/cc-by-sa-4.0 Jerusalem-Notre_Dame_of_Jerusalem-Mislishka-cc-by-sa-3.0 Chapel of Notre Dame de Jerusalem © deror_avi/cc-by-sa-3.0 Chapel of Notre Dame de Jerusalem © deror_avi/cc-by-sa-3.0 Chapel of Notre Dame de Jerusalem © deror_avi/cc-by-sa-3.0 Chapel of Notre Dame de Jerusalem © deror_avi/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Chapel of Notre Dame de Jerusalem © deror_avi/cc-by-sa-3.0
French pilgrims financed the construction of the Complex. A group of 1000 French Catholics had no accommodation when they went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem as part of “Le Grand Caravan de Mille” in 1882. Consequently Marie Paul Amedee De Piellat collected the money to construct the Complex.

In 1948 Israeli military forces occupied the Chapel as a base to launch attacks in the 1947–1949 Palestine war (War of Independence/The Nakba). Since 1967, the Chapel is situated directly at the City Line, which separates East from West Jerusalem and is part of the Green Line, which is the only internationally recognized border between Israel and Palestine.

Read more on Notre Dame Center, itraveljerusalem.com – Notre Dame Guesthouse, Jerusalem Post, 1 January 2019: Jerusalem’s Notre Dame hotel turns 130 and Wikipedia Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). Photos by Wikimedia Commons. If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.






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