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Fountain of archangel Gabriel in Nazareth, today site of the Orthodox hurch of the Annunciation in Nazareth. According to a certain tradition, Virgin Mary had gone to the well for water when archangel Gabriel appeared before her. Upon seeing Gabriel, the Virgin let the pail she was carrying fall and ran frightened back to her house. According to the author, at the time of his pilgrimage the church was used by Indian Christians (Alaphis), it is however possible that he is referring to Nestorian Christians.

Tags: Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, Architecture and built environment, Church of the Annunciation (Nazareth), Churches, Galilee, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Spring of St. Gabriel (Nazareth)

View of Nazareth. In the foreground, the cave where the house of Virgin Mary was, and where the Annunciation to the Virgin took place (today, catholic Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth). According to the tradition related by the author, Virgin Mary became frightened upon seeing Archangel Gabriel before her and hid behind the column depicted in the illustration.

Tags: Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, Architecture and built environment, Churches, Galilee, Houses, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Church built on the site where Virgin Mary was frightened upon seeing the inhabitants of Nazareth pursuing Jesus. According to the tradition transmitted by the author, the rock miraculously split in two, so that the Virgin could hide inside. According to the author the church was used by Nubian Christians.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Mary's Fear / Notre Dame de l'Effroi, Churches, Galilee, Israel, Medieval monuments, Nazareth, Religious practices

View of Samaria-Sebaste in Palestine. Church built on the site of Saint John's beheading in Samaria-Sebaste according to a certain tradition.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, John the Baptist, Nablus / anc. Neapolis, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Samaria

Remains of a church on the route from Jerusalem to Samaria, site where Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at the well.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Palestine, Religious practices, Samaria

Cariach, Hebron. According to a Jewish and Christian tradition followed by the author, the place where God made Adam and Cain killed Abel.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Hebron, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, site of the tombs of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah according to Jewish and Muslim tradition.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebron), Hebron, Jewish monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; according to tradition, it is built around the tree the Holy Cross was made from.

Tags: Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Monastery of the Cross (Jerusalem), Palestine, Religious practices

Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, on the site at which Saint John was born, at Ein Karem on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The house where Elizabeth hid Saint John the Baptist during the Massacre of the Innocents.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Ein Karem, Israel, Palestine, Religious practices

Remains of the monastery of the Shepherds, the site where the Angel appeared before the shepherds and announced the birth of Jesus Christ, at Beit Sahur (Village of the Shepherds) on the outskirts of Bethlehem. Site of the house of Saint John the Baptist at Ein Karem on the outskirts of Jerusalem; according to another tradition, it is also the site where Mary visited Elizabeth (today, Church of the Visitation at Ein Karem).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Beit Sahur – Village of the Shepherds, Bethlehem, Byzantine monuments, Church at Shepherd's field (Beit Sahur), Ein Karem, Israel, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The site where Christ was born. The cave of the tombs of the infants slaughtered by King Herod. Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Bethlehem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

View of the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Houses, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

The Tomb of Rachel on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Mar Elias monastery, on the hill where Prophet Elijah rested when he was persecuted by Jezebel. The hill where Prophet Elijah rested when he was persecuted by Jezabel.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

View of the house of Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem, built on the site of the house of Joachim and Anne, where Virgin Mary was born.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Imaginary depiction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Golden Gate in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Garden of Gethsemane.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Gethsemane, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel on the site where the Apostles shrouded Virgin Mary.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Chapel of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The site where Jesus was arrested by the Romans. Kidron Brook in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Tomb of Saint Mary of Egypt.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Chapel of Ascension, built on the spot where Christ was ascended to heaven.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The site where James the Less was buried.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The site where James the Less was buried. Tomb of Absalom.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The fountain in which Virgin Mary washed infant Jesus' baby clothes.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

The house where Judas Iscariot stayed in Jerusalem. The spot where Judas hanged himself.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Pool of Siloam.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pool of Siloam, Religious practices, Views

Acheldamah or Potter’s field in Jerusalem.

Tags: Acheldamah / Potter’s field, Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Cave where the Apostles and Virgin Mary hid after Christ was resurrected, and composed the Credo of the Church.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Kings Solomon's House in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Holy Land, Houses, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices, Walls

Chapel on Mount Zion where Christ appeared to the Apostles on Pentecost day. Chapel on the site of the Holy Supper.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cenacle (Jerusalem), Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Mount Zion, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Religious practices

Cenacle, Crusader church on Mount Zion which commemorates the spot where the Holy Supper took place and the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Cenacle (Jerusalem), Church of the Crusaders (Jerusalem), Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Mount Zion, Palestine, Religious practices

Church on Golgotha Hill.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Monastery of the Saviour (San Salvatore) of the order of the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of St Saviour / San Salvador monastery (Jerusalem), Palestine, Religious practices

Tower of David in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Church of Mary Magdalene, seat of Jerusalem Patriarchate at the time. Church of Saint John the Baptist, first hospital of the Crusaders, after which the order of the Knights Hospitaller was named.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Church of Mary Magdalene (Jerusalem), Church of Saint John the Baptist (Ein Karem), Churches, Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Belltower of church in Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Churches, Israel, Jerusalem, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel of the Resurrection where the Holy Fire miracle takes place.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chapel of the Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Holy Fire, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Columns from the Chapel of Saint Helen in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. According to tradition, the columns weep the death of Christ.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chapel of Saint Helena (Holy Sepulchre), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

The tomb of Adam underneath Calvary in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Chapel of Adam). According to Jewish and Christian tradition, Shem and Melchizedek guided by angels travelled to the spot whre Noah's Ark was, took Adam's body and, guided by angels, buried it at the site of Calvary in Jerusalem.

Σύμφωνα με εβραϊκές και χριστιανικές παραδόσεις, ο Σήμ και ο Μελχισεδέκ ( ή ο Σολομώντας, όπως δηλώνεται στην παρούσα έκδοση), με την…

Tags: Adam's Tomb / Chapel of Adam (Jerusalem), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Chapel of the tombs of Godefroy de Bouillon and Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Crusaders, Funerary monuments, Godfrey of Bouillon, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Calvary chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

The Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Religious practices

View of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with the stone which commemorates the spot of the third fall of Christ on the route to Golgotha.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Churches, Holy Land, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Pilgrims, Religious practices

Muslims of Jerusalem.

Tags: Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Holy Land, Human types, Israel, Jerusalem, Muslims, Palestine

View of Jerusalem with the Holy Sepulchre and other major locations of the city.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem), Holy Land, Houses, Israel, Jerusalem, Medieval monuments, Palestine, Pilgrimages, Views

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