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Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem

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Location
  
Jerusalem

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Country
  
Israel

Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem

The Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem (Hebrew: קפלת גבירתנו של ירושלים‎‎ French: Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Jérusalem) or Chapel of Notre Dame, is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the Complex of Notre Dame of Jerusalem (formerly known as Notre Dame de France, or Our Lady of France) which was built by French religious between 1893 and 1894 in Jerusalem, Israel, as part of a larger group of buildings known as the Hospice of Our Lady of France, which was built mostly in stone with "defensive" purposes and with the style of a great strength of European style.

In 1948 he was temporarily occupied by Israeli Jewish military forces to be used as a base to launch attacks in the War of Independence of Israel, retiring in 1967, period when it was damaged. It was completely renovated in the 1970s.

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Chapel of Our Lady of Jerusalem Wikipedia