Mount Zion

Our next stop, before lunch, was Mount Zion just outside the Old City. Our bus dropped us, appropriately enough, near the Zion gate (the same place we entered the City for the night tour). By day the battle scars were clearly visible, but softened by the plants and trees.
	The Church and Monastery of the Dormition is built on the sire where many people believe Mary died. (Like most of these locations there are alternative sites which make similar claims).
Another point of interest is a small room which claims to contain David Tomb. Not many people actually accept this claim.
	Near midday we were happy to take any shade we could find. The trees (also pictured above) provided a pleasant alternative to standing in the sun and listening to Hermann explaining (at length) what we were about to see.
The other point of interest on Mount Zion is the Coenaculum, believed to be the site of the upper room in which Jesus and the Apostles celebrated the last supper. The rather plain room which is open to visitors is clearly not the same room. The photo shows a stained glass window in the room.