• Holy Land 2023

    Augusta Victoria Hospital

    January 25, 2023 in Palestine ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) is a program of the Lutheran World Federated Department for World Service in Jerusalem. It started in partnership with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as a major medical facility in Jerusalem after the 1948 war to care for Palestinian refugees. The complex also includes the German Protestant Church of the Ascension with a c. 50 metre high belltower - 224 steps to the top of the tower.
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