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The first stop was King David's Museum... closed!!!Actually I was looking for Hall of the Last Supper...
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| Next stop is the Church of the Dormition, where it is believed Virign Mary lived here until she fell into an 'eternal sleep'
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| The Church is a fortress-like building, with a conical roof and four corner towers. Beside this is the Benedictine monastery/abbey.
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The centre apse shows a mosaic picture of Mary and child Jesus above the altar.
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| One of the 6 side-chapels in the church. This chapel depicts Mary holding child Jesus, surrounded by Bavarian bishops.
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| The floor is decorated with the symbols of the Zodiac, names of Prophets, and a verse from Proverbs (8, 23-25) written on its circumference.
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| Another mosaic on the floor, I think this is the Noah's Ark
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Under the church is the crypt with the wood and ivory sculpture of the 'sleeping' Virgin
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| | Next is to find the Hall of the Last Supper. I have passed by this junction many times and if I realized what coenaculum means, then things could be a bit easier...
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| I finally found the Hall of the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Eucharist, and also where the apostles received the Holy Spirit in Pentacost
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