Quick Answer: What is the place called where Jesus was crucified?

Where is Golgotha located today?

Its exact location is uncertain, but most scholars prefer either the spot now covered by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or a hillock called Gordon’s Calvary just north of the Damascus Gate.

What is Golgotha called today?

Calvary, also known as Golgotha or the place of the skull, is believed to have been located outside of Jerusalem.

What direction was Jesus facing on the cross?

Also in the celebrated temple of Solomon, the Gate of the Lord was placed eastward. Moreover Christ, when He hung on the Cross, had His face turned towards the West, and so we worship, striving after Him.