 Augusta Victoria, Jerusalem
 Church in Augusta Victoria Hospital
Photo: Ori229, public domain
Augusta Victoria is a complex to the east of Old Jerusalem and north of the Mount of Olives. It was established in 1907 for the German Protestant community in Palestine, and named after Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of Kaiser Wilheim II who visited Jerusalem in 1898. The complex was completed in 1910. Its architect Robert Leibnitz drew inspiration from German castles especially Hohenzollern.
Augusta Victoria was the first building in Palestine to receive electricity. Within the complex is the Evangelical Lutheran Church which has its 65-meter belltower - a local landmark - and a hospice for Christian pilgrims.
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