Convent of the Sisters of Zion

The remaining two arches of the gateway in 1864; the smaller arch (left) was incorporated in the Church of Ecce Homo.
The interior of the Church of Ecce Homo preserves the northern arch of the Aelia Capitolina's eastern forum gateway under its apse.

The Convent of the Sisters of Zion is a Roman Catholic convent of the Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion, located near the eastern end of the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem. The convent was built in 1857 by Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne.[1] The site includes the Church of Ecce Homo, also known as the Basilica of Ecce Homo, named for Pontius Pilate's Ecce homo speech which is traditionally thought to have taken place on the pavement below the church.

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Ratisbonne Brothers, Volume 13, pp. 1570-1571, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972