Outside the Franciscan Monastery ...
The Cloisters


(Gallery Has Three Pictures)

View from street of cloistered Fransciscan Monastery

Surrounding the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the monastery is a cloistered walkway, with a fence against the outside world on one side and the church yard on the other. This is a typical architecture for christian monasteries. This picture shows the view from the road outside the monastery.



View looking down the cloisters

This is the cloister on the south side of the church and monastery grounds.


Another view looking down the cloisters toward a chapel with mosaic of Jesus in Gethsemane

This is the cloister on the north side of the church and monastery grounds. This picture shows a view toward a chapel in one of the corners of the cloister, with mosaic of Jesus in Gethsemane.



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