Culture colors our perceptions of places. Select a religion at bottom left to see how a Christian, a Jew, or a Muslim might view the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel.

The ancient city of Jerusalem is the geographic and spiritual heart of the state of Israel. At Jerusalem’s center is the Old City, a walled enclave that is a cradle of faith to three of the world’s great religions.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share a long history with roots in earliest Jerusalem and the 4,000-year-old story of the patriarch Abraham. In time, each faith has developed a distinct idea of the sites that matter most in the city they all hold sacred. Peer through the Culture Goggles to see six such hallowed spots.

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