A holy city is a city important to the history or faith of a specific religion. Such cities may also contain at least one headquarters complex (often...
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or governance over the city-state known as the Vatican City. As the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, the Holy See holds the status of...
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The Four Holy Cities of Judaism are the cities of Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias, which were the four main centers of Jewish life after the Ottoman...
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The Holy City Zoo, which called itself "the comedian's clubhouse", was a small but influential comedy club in San Francisco that operated from the mid-1970s...
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Holy City is an unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California. Once considered a Utopian community in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now considered...
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A holy city is a city of special significance to a religion. Holy City may also refer to: The Holy City (song) Holy City, California Holy City, Devon,...
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authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity under international law, which maintains the city-state's temporal power and governance...
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The Holy City is a religious Victorian ballad dating from 1892, with music by Michael Maybrick writing under the alias Stephen Adams, with lyrics by Frederic...
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Holiest sites in Islam (redirect from Muslim holy cities)
It is where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born and raised. The two holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are traditionally known as the Ḥaramayn,...
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem...
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shortlist. Tehran-based journalist Arezoo Rahimi arrives in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting local street prostitutes...
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Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a holy city. Some of the most sacred places for each of these religions are found...
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Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. It is partially...
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The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term...
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issued by the Holy See or by Vatican City State. The state can issue normal passports for its citizens; the Holy See (see Legal status of the Holy See) issues...
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Jerusalem (redirect from Holy City of Jerusalem)
assumed central symbolic importance for the Jewish people. The sobriquet of holy city (Hebrew: עיר הקודש, romanized: 'Ir ha-Qodesh) was probably attached to...
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Holy City is a hamlet in the parish of Chardstock, East Devon, England. It is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) due north of the town of Axminster, and 4...
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Judaism, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christianity, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Islam. The Old City, along with its walls, was...
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The flag of Vatican City, also referred to as the flag of the Holy See, was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy...
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Crusades (redirect from Holy Crusades)
medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering...
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bin Muhammad. Saud's forces went so far as to gain command of the Shi'a holy city of Karbala in 1801. Here they destroyed the shrine of the saints and monuments...
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ambassador of the United States to the Holy See is the official representative of the United States of America to the Holy See, the leadership of the Catholic...
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Bahá'ís regard it as holy. Part of the significance of the land stems from the religious significance of Jerusalem (the holiest city to Judaism, and the...
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legislative, executive, and judicial power over the Vatican City as it is being governed by the Holy See, a rare case of non-hereditary monarchy. The pope is...
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international relations. It is distinct from the city-state of the Vatican City, over which the Holy See has "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and...
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Temple Mount (redirect from Holy Esplanade)
and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years, including...
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Vagharshapat (redirect from Holy Cathedral of Etchmiadzin)
known in Western sources as a "holy city" and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital". It was one of the major cities and a capital of the ancient...
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Walls of Jerusalem (redirect from Jerusalem's Old City Wall)
Jerusalem in the Time of the Crusades: Society, Landscape and Art in the Holy City Under Frankish Rule. Routledge. pp. 69–70. ISBN 9781134582723. Retrieved...
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The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City. Yitzhak Reiter describes the growing tendency of Islamic authorities...
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Islamic Period, ALMI Press, London, 2004. Williams, George (1849). The Holy City: Historical, Topographical and Antiquarian Notices of Jerusalem. Parker...
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