Jerusalem - Russian Compound

From Bar Kochba Square in Jerusalem a street goes off on the right into the Russian Compound, with the green-domed Russian Orthodox Cathedral. This part of the city grew up around 1860 as a large walled complex for the accommodation of the Russian pilgrims who came to Jerusalem in considerable numbers, particularly at Easter. On the northeast side of the complex were the Russian consulate and a hospice for women; to the southwest were a hospital, the mission house, with apartments for the archimandrite, the priests and well-to-do pilgrims, and, beyond the Cathedral, a large hospice for men. The buildings are now occupied by various government institutions (police headquarters, law courts, etc.).

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