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Nazareth
Nazareth. Nestled in the hills of Lower Galilee, overlooking the Jezreel Valley is Nazareth with its white stone houses, curving lanes and olive trees. Nazareth's Biblical attractions include the Basilica of the Annunciation, one of the most revered shrines of the Christian world and the largest church in the Middle East. It marks the site of the Annunciation, where the Archangel Gabriel delivered his message to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus. A few blocks away is the Synagogue Church at the mouth of the Nazareth marketplace. According to legend, it marks the site of the ancient synagogue where Jesus is believed to have preached as a young man and read the prophecy of Isaiah, predicting the coming of the Messiah.
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Nazareth
Nazareth. Nestled in the hills of Lower Galilee, overlooking the Jezreel Valley is Nazareth with its white stone houses, curving lanes and olive trees. Nazareth's Biblical attractions include the Basilica of the Annunciation, one of the most revered shrines of the Christian world and the largest church in the Middle East. It marks the site of the Annunciation, where the Archangel Gabriel delivered his message to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus. A few blocks away is the Synagogue Church at the mouth of the Nazareth marketplace. According to legend, it marks the site of the ancient synagogue where Jesus is believed to have preached as a young man and read the prophecy of Isaiah, predicting the coming of the Messiah.
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Notre Dame - Paris
Notre Dame. Begun in 1163, the Cathedral de Notre-Dame was finally completed in 1361. After the Revolution, the building fell into disrepair and was even used to shelter livestock, but Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, Notre-Dame-de-Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) inspired citizens to push for restoration.
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Old Town Square - Prague - Czech
The Spanish Synagogue was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer (""the Old School"") in a Moorish style to a design by Vojtech Ignßtz Ullmann. The synagogue has a square ground-plan with a copula above the central area. The gallery is buil on an iron structure. The stucco arabesque and stylised oriental motifs of the interior are also applied on the walls and in the adornment of the doors, balustrades and gallery. The coloured window panes and interior decoration were designed by architects A. Baum and B. Munzberg and completed in 1893. FrantiÜek èkroup, the composer of the Czech national anthem, was the organist here in the years 1836 - 45. The most significant square of historical Prague. It originated in the 12th century and since then witnessed many events. Beside the Old Town Hall and the Church of Our Lady before Tyn the square has several other dominants, the baroque St. Nicholas church (K. I. Dienzenhofer, 1732 - 1735), the rococo Kinsky palace housing the National Gallery graphic collection, the Stone Bell house - a gothic city palace from the 14th century - now the Municipal Gallery concert and exhibition rooms, and the Memorial to Master Jan Hus sculptured by Ladislav Saloun (1915). The very place where the 27 Czech gentlemen were executed on 21 June, 1621, is marked in the square pavement. The Prague merdidian can be seen not far from there.
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Pantheon - Paris
Pantheon. Masterpiece by Soufflot (1713-1780). Former church, the Panth?on became, during the Revolution, the burial place for famous men and women such as Voltaire, Rousseau, Hugo, Zola, Jaur?s and Moulin, and, since 1996, Malraux. Visit of the nave, the upper part and the crypt. Permanent presentation : Pendulum of Foucault, exhibition ""From Voltaire to Malraux"".
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Petrus Church - Tel Aviv
This site is a part of an ancient Jewish cemetary. The monastery at Abu Kabir has a burial cave which, according to Christian tradition, is thought to belong to Tabitha (Dorcas) whom St. Peter raised from the dead. Part of the ancient cemetery dates from the 1st century CE Busses: 1 & 2. Russian Orthodox.
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Roskilde Cathedral - Copenhagen - Denmark
Sepulchral chapel of Danish kings and queens. A splendid illustration of Danish architecture and history of the past 800 years. Latest addition: The Burial Place of King Frederik IX in 1985. Royal chapels closed during church functions.
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Roskilde Cathedral - Copenhagen - Denmark
Sepulchral chapel of Danish kings and queens. A splendid illustration of Danish architecture and history of the past 800 years. Latest addition: The Burial Place of King Frederik IX in 1985. Royal chapels closed during church functions.
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Ruins Of St. Paul - Macau - China
Ruins of St. PaulAll that remains of the greatest of Macau's churches is its magnificent stone facade and grand staircase. The church was built in 1602 adjoining the Jesuit College of St. Paul's, the first Western college in the Far East where missionaries such as Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall studied Chinese before serving at the Ming Court in Beijing as astronomers and mathematicians. The church, made of taipa and wood, was brilliantly decorated and furnished, according to early travelers. The facade of carved stone was built in 1620-27 by Japanese Christian exiles and local craftsmen under the direction of Italian Jesuit Carlo Spinola.
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