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Geographic Places (GP) Terminology Resource (Getty Research Institute)

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Preferred term

Jerusalem (ISR), Golgotha  

Synonym(s)

  • Calvaria
  • Calvary
  • Golgotha
  • Gulgota
  • Jerusalem (ISR), Calvary
  • Jerusalem (ISR), Mount Calvary
  • Mount Calvary

Scope note

  • the hill where Christ was crucified; actual location unknown; site was outside, but within sight of, the ancient city; tradition holds that it is where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands today, which is within the walls of the modern city

Notation

  • 23765

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/45G-QWH5GXFF-4

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