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| | Gethsemane: The Garden of Olives |
 | | One, commonly called "The Garden of Olives" is about 1200 square metres in area and is situated to the right of the path up the mountain, extending between this path, and around the basilica of the Agony, to the Jericho road. |
 | | Nevertheless, for the majority of pilgrims, the Garden of Olives was restricted to the place where the ancient olive trees grew, the trees which "common opinion" and "the tradition of the country" dated back to the time of Christ. |
 | | Despite notices to the contrary, the enclosed garden was turned into flower beds, probably as a reminder of the "flowery garden" of the 13th and 14th centuries. |
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