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# Monastery of the Cross Jerusalem

[Levi Zelkind](https://www.best-israel-tours.com/about-zelkind-bible-land-tours) · 19 March 2020

This Medieval Monastery is one of the best preserved in Israel and one of just a few where ancient frescos have preserved.

Here, by the ancient legend, a mysterious tree, having three different trunks, was grown by Lot,Abraham' nephew. That was the very tree which would be used by Pilatus to build Jesus' Cross.

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