The Christian quarter is one of the four quarters of the Old city in its Northwest part. He is known primarily as one of the holiest shrines of Christianity, the Church of the Holy sepulchre.

In the IV century the Byzantine Emperor Constantine erected the Church has long been revered by Christians the place of crucifixion and burial of Christ. Around saw the construction – thus began the formation of the block.

The present Church includes the Edicule of the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary, the Crucifixion, the Stone of Anointing, where Jesus ' body had been after removed from the cross. Here are five of the fourteen so-called stations of the Cross, the way – points related to events that occurred during the procession of Jesus Christ to the place of execution.

Revered by all the Christian world, the Church became the natural centre of the quarter, representing multiple adjacent to each other churches and monasteries. Here is one of the oldest in the Holy Land, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist Church: its history began in the V century, the current form she acquired during the Crusader period. Architectural monuments remind of the desire of the European powers of the nineteenth century to strengthen its influence in the Holy Land. Next to the Church of the Holy sepulchre is Alexandrov yard with the Church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky – the Russians built it in secret, fearing that the Ottoman authorities would not give permission. Visible from a distance of nearly fifty-meter bell tower of the German Lutheran Church of the Savior on her dedication was attended by Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Contrast to the monuments of the Christian era is much more ancient huge pool of Hezekiah, Dating from the VII century BC It was part of the water system yet the old Testament Jerusalem.

Despite its name, quarter megaconference. Located next door to the Church of the Holy sepulchre, the mosque of Omar is one of the main shrines of Islam. The legend says that the XII century mosque built on the site where four and a half centuries earlier prayed the great Muslim warrior and statesman of the Caliph Omar (Umar) Ibn ABN-Khattab, who surrendered the keys to the city.

In quarter lead Damascus gate in the North to Jaffa in the South, New – North-West. The first two entrances existed for centuries, the latter appeared not so long ago. In the late nineteenth-century France, strengthening its influence, to build in Jerusalem hospitals and monasteries. Free land in the Old city, settled in areas outside the walls, called the "French corner"). To enable pilgrims from "the corner" to visit the Shrine of the quarter, the Ottoman power in 1898, struck a gate in the wall.

There in the quarter and a small Museum – the building of the XII century, is a Museum of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Local streets are connected with historical subjects: on-street Muristan was the first hospital of the Knights Hospitaller, one of the most famous medieval religious and military orders. Now the noise in here the Greek market "Atimos" where they sell leather, jewellery, carpets, clothing.