The Via Dolorosa (Latin for “Sorrowful Way”, often translated “Way of Suffering”; Arabic: طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem. It represents the path that Jesus would have taken, forced by the Roman soldiers, on the way to his crucifixion. The winding route from the former Antonia Fortress to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — a distance of about 600 metres (2,000 feet)[1] — is a celebrated place of Christian pilgrimage. The current route has been established since the 18th century, replacing various earlier versions.[2] It is today marked by nine Stations of the Cross; there have been fourteen stations since the late 15th century,[2] with the remaining five stations being inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.[3]