Augusta Victoria - Mount Scopus - Jerusalem

Augusta Vittoria, Auguste Victoria

Evangelical (German) Church of Ascension

Hospital and German Church - Mount Scopus - Jerusalem

Augusta Victoria - Mount Scopus - Jerusalem - 2 July 2008 - Jerusalem Day

There are 3 churches of Ascension in Jerusalem, all of them on Mount of Olives.

The oldest is "Mosque of Jesus' Ascension" at the entrance to Jewish Old Cemetery, looks like mosque.

The second is on the top of Mount of Olives - Tower of Russian Church of Ascension, called officially "Convent of the Ascension", unofficially "A-Tur" or in Hebrew "Tur Ha-Malka" (The Tower of the Queen).

The third is Evangelical Church of the Ascension - called by the people of Jerusalem "Augusta Victoria".

The church address is Mount of Olives, but is situated on Mount Scopus, just next to Mount Scopus University.

This page is about Augusta Victoria Hospital and Church on Mount Scopus.

view of Augusta Victoria and Mount Scopus from Russian Square

16 October 2004

view from Mount Scopus - 18 May 2003

Augusta Victoria - 11 December 2005

2 June 2008 - Jerusalem Day

about Augusta Victoria

inside the Church - 2 June 2008 - Jerusalem Day

remains Mazquita Catedral in Cordoba Spain

Church ceiling

Church floor

Jewish motive in Augusta Victoria Church Mount Scopus Jerusalem

Augusta Victoria organ

bells tower

Augusta Victoria - view from the bells tower - 2 June 2008

view of Judean Desert and Mohav Mountains in Jordan

from Jerusalem Augusta Victoria tower

you can see this tower from Jordan and from the Dead Sea road

Augusta Victoria - view of Dome of the Rock from the bells tower

view of A-Tur from Augusta Victoria

on the top of Mount of Olives - Tower of Russian Church of Ascension, called officially "Convent of the Ascension",

unofficially "A-Tur" or "Tur Ha-Malka" (The Tower of the Queen in Hebrew).

view of Mount Scopus University (Har HaTzofim) from the bells tower

the Church - 2 June 2008 - Jerusalem Day

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created 2 June 2008 - Jerusalem Day

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updated 24 December 2012