Golgotha is the nearest of the antechambers known to Virgil (who knows about twenty), in Jerusalem. It is named so because it lies at the corner of the gallows where Jesus Christ died. Places of gallows and scaffolds attract such doors.
Description
- What is seen in passing is not pious: broken, inverted crosses on which the Mamluks sometimes crucify Christians to show their scorn.
- While the group talks with Virgil, a pilgrim-like figure walks past toward Golgotha.
- Later, in the taking of the Nobiskrug, Virgil guides the group along a side road.
See also
- Florenzen
- Horns of Hattin: the other stage on the road to the Holy Land