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Golgotha

Also: Calvary · Place of the Skull

The hill outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was crucified. Two locations are venerated today: the traditional Holy Sepulchre site (favored by most scholars) and the Garden Tomb (a 19th-c. proposal).

Modern equivalent
Church of the Holy Sepulchre area, Jerusalem (traditional)
Coordinates
31.7783°, 35.2298°

Scripture references