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The Immovable Ladder under the window of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Unusual Places
There is a wooden ladder in Jerusalem that cannot be moved due to conflicts between the Armenian and Greek Orthodox church. Called the Immovable Ladder, it has remained in the same exact location since the 18th century. The ladder is referred to as immovable due to the fact that no cleric of the six ecumenical Christian orders may move, rearrange, or alter any property without the consent of all six orders. Some time in the first half of the 19th century, a mason has placed a ladder up against the wall of the church. No one is sure who he […]
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