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NABI MUSA MOSQUE & MAQAM - TOMB OF THE PROPHET MOSES
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
This great pilgrimage site was built in 1269 by the Sultan mameluke ...Read more
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SANTA ANNE'S BASILICA (ÉGLISE SAINTE-ANNE)
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Built in the first half of the th century and in a perfect state of ...Read more
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ETHIOPIAN MONASTERY OF DEIR ES-SULTAN
Religious buildings
In the superior court of the Holy Sepulchre, overlooking St. Helena Chapel, ...Read more
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SAINT-GEORGES CATHEDRAL
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem. ...Read more
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JOSEPH'S TOMB
Religious buildings
Joseph's Tomb is a sacred site for Jews (Joseph, Jacob's son, is said to be ...Read more
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RACHEL'S TOMB
Religious buildings
Rachel's tomb is considered a Jewish Holy Place: the Book of Genesis ...Read more
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MAR SABA MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
The Greek Orthodox monastery of Mar Saba is located some 15 kilometers east ...Read more
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SALESIAN CHURCH OF JESUS THE ADOLESCENT
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
It is one of the largest and most beautiful churches in Nazareth, located ...Read more
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CHURCH OF THE MULTIPLICATION (ÉGLISE DE LA MULTIPLICATION)
Religious buildings
The present Basilica, whose full name is Church of the multiplication of ...Read more
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MONASTERY OF TEMPTATION
Abbey monastery and convent
The first monastery was built by the Byzantines in the 6th century, above ...Read more
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THE SHEPHERDS' FIELD
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Although the Gospel does not pinpoint the exact location where the angel ...Read more
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HASSAN BEK MOSQUE
Mosque to visit
Located on the beach and surrounded by hotels, this mosque dating from 1906 ...Read more
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CONVENT OF NOTRE-DAME DE SION
Abbey monastery and convent
The Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion was founded in 1843 by Theodore and ...Read more
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ST EUTHYMIUS MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
Founded in 420, the Euthymius laurel was a group of small cells carved out ...Read more
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GREAT SYNAGOGUE OF JERUSALEM
Synagogue to visit
Built on the model of the Temple in Jerusalem, this large and beautiful ...Read more
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ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
The church is located in the heart of an island of tranquility, at the ...Read more
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MARY'S WELL
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Here, according to the orthodox tradition, the angel Gabriel appeared in ...Read more
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SHALOM AL ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
Synagogue to visit
The remains of this ancient synagogue (late 6thc. ) were discovered in the ...Read more
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MONT SCOPUS
Natural site to discover
To the northeast, Mount Scopus( Hebrew:Har HaTsofim ) towers 820 m above ...Read more
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"SYNAGOGUE" CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Situated inside the souk, this church was built in the th century by the ...Read more
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WHITE MOSQUE (WHITE MOSQUE)
Religious buildings
The mosque El-Abyad, or white mosque, was the first mosque built in ...Read more
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YARDENIT BAPTISMAL SITE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Located where the waters reconstruct the Jordan River, Yardenit is a sacred ...Read more
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AL-JAZZAR MOSQUE
Mosque to visit
Right in front of the citadel is the mosque Al-Jazzar, or "white mosque", ...Read more
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NABI SHU'EB ITRO - YATRO (JETHRO) FALL
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
If the moshav of Kfar Zeitm does not have tourist attraction, however ...Read more
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CHAGALL WINDOWS (CHAGALL STAINED GLASS)
Synagogue to visit
Above the village of Ein Kerem, the Hadassah hospital (not to be confused ...Read more
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CHURCH OF THE VISITATION
Religious buildings
The episode of the Visitation recalls the visit of Mary to her cousin ...Read more
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GRANDE SYNAGOGUE DE BELZ
Synagogue to visit
Consecrated in 2000, the Great Synagogue of Belz is the largest synagogue ...Read more
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SAINT-JACQUES CATHEDRAL
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the cathedral was built in ...Read more
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HOURVA SYNAGOGUE
Religious buildings
A symbol of the Jewish quarter, the Hourva synagogue ("ruins" in Hebrew) ...Read more
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STE-FAMILLE CHURCH
Religious buildings
The Church of the Holy Family was probably built by the Crusaders in the ...Read more
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TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS - IBRAHIM MOSQUE
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
Before his wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac, Abraham is said to have had a ...Read more
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ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Religious buildings
This church, one of two bearing this name in Ein Kerem (the other is in the ...Read more
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FOUR SEPHARDIC SYNAGOGUES
Synagogue to visit
These four carefully restored synagogues were built by Sephardim from ...Read more
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CHAPEL OF THE PRIMACY OF ST. PETER (CHURCH OF THE PRIMACY OF ST. PETER)
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This grey stone chapel, also known as Mensa Domini Church, stands on the ...Read more
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LATROUN MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
The monastery, also known as the "Monastery of Silence", was founded in ...Read more
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DOMUS GALILAEAE INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Religious buildings
Domus Galilae ou House of Galilee est située au sud de Vered Hagalil. ...Read more
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FONTAINE DE MARIE (MARY'S SPRING)
Shrines and pilgrimage sites to visit
According to Christian tradition, Ein Kerem is the birthplace of St. John ...Read more
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BASILICA OF THE TRANSFIGURATION (CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION)
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
It is at the top of the Thabor, overlooking Low Galileo 600 metres high, ...Read more
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SAINT GABRIEL CHURCH - GREEK ORTHODOX ANNOUNCIATION CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
This church is also called Mary's Well Church. For the Orthodox people, ...Read more
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ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH (CHURCH OF NUTRITION)
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Located just north of the Basilica of the Annunciation, at the centre of ...Read more
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DEIR AL-MUKHRAQA CARMELITE MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
This monastery was built in 1883 by the Order of Carmel, an order founded ...Read more
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MENSA CHRISTI CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
A little away from the souk, in the direction of the Erko church, this ...Read more
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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX MONASTERY
Abbey monastery and convent
This Russian Orthodox monastery overlooking the Church of the Visitation ...Read more
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BURKIN (BURQIN) CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
According to Christian tradition, Jesus passed through Burqin on his way ...Read more
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KARAITE SYNAGOGUE
Synagogue to visit
The Karait synagogue is the oldest active synagogue in Jerusalem and the ...Read more
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OUR LADY OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT CHURCH
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
The Church of Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant is located on the highest ...Read more
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MONASTERE SAINT-GEORGES
Abbey monastery and convent
A trip to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St George is worthwhile if only ...Read more