Dormition Church, Minor basilica and UNESCO site on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel

The Dormition Church is a circular basilica on Mount Zion, south of Jerusalem's walled Old City. Its plan is ring-shaped, with several niches holding altars and a choir; two spiral staircases lead to the organ gallery and to the crypt, held to be the place where Mary died. The bell tower stands apart from the church so that it does not overshadow the nearby Tomb of David.

On the site stood the 5th-century Byzantine basilica Hagia Sion, destroyed by the Persian king Chosrau II in 614. Crusaders built Sancta Maria in Monte Sion there in the 12th century, and it was destroyed after their defeat around 1200. In 1898 Kaiser Wilhelm II bought the plot for German Catholics; the church, designed by Heinrich Renard, was consecrated on 10 April 1910 and became a basilica minor on 19 July 1957.

The name Dormitio Mariae, "falling asleep of Mary", is an old term for the Assumption feast, and the church is consecrated to the Assumption of Mary. The German-speaking Benedictine abbey keeps the liturgy, and the church holds the crypt said to be the place of Mary's death. The bell tower stands apart from the church so it does not overshadow the nearby Tomb of David.

Visitors can come throughout the year to see this sacred place and attend services if they wish. The area on Mount Zion offers access to other religious sites located nearby.

The bell tower stands apart from the church so that it would not cast a shadow over the nearby Tomb of David. Bullet holes from the 1948 war are still visible in the belfry and on the large bell, which had to be recast in 1971 after being damaged.