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Get this from a library! The hill of Mount Zion, the highest point in ancient Jerusalem, is dominated by the Church of the Dormition. The monastic church- “the Dormition” is one of the most prominent churches in Jerusalem due to its size, beauty and location that overlooks the old city. Schmit, and in particular on the photographs and architectural drawings accompanying Schmit's monograph which were executed in May-July 1912 by N. K. Two Frankish dukes of Athens, Otho de la Roche and Walter de Brienne, were buried in its church. These are seen below, from right to left. The location is identified in Christian tradition as the place where the Virgin Mary died — or “ fell asleep ”, as the name suggests. Daphni Monastery was a Cistercian monastery for almost 250 years. The church was built on a plot which the German emperor Wilhelm the 2 nd received from the Ottoman sultan during his visit to the Holy Land in 1898, and it was inaugurated in 1910. The date of the narthex mosaics of the Church of the Dormition at Nicaea.. [Cyril A Mango] (c) Mosaics: Around the walls are 6 side chapels which are decorated by mosaics, and are one of the highlights of the site. mosaics were probably made shortly after io65. The chapel below, the first on the right side of the hall, is of St. Benedict – the founder of the order of the German Benedictines who were entrusted with the Dormition. Basilica of the Dormition Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion (© by Frieder Blickle). The bell tower and lead-covered cupola of Dormition tower noticeably over Mount Zion and mark the skyline of the Old City of Jerusalem from various directions. Since the church of the Dormition was completely destroyed in I922,3 our discussion must be based on the publications of Diehl, O. Wulff, and Th.