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Nir > Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Nir > Stock photo of The Basilica of the Annunciation. Traditionally the site of Annunciation of the birth of Jesus. Turned into a place of worship on the 1st and 2nd centuries. Early sources refer to the location as the House of Virgin Mary. This claim is supported by numerous inscriptions on the walls mentionaing Mary, that were left by pilgrims and visitors in early christianity. In the year 427 AD the first Byzantine church was built on site. A Crusade church was built on the ruins of the Byzantine church in the 12th century. The current Basilica was built on the ruins of four earlier churches and was consecrated in 1969. Shot in Nazareth Israel in January 2008.
Nir > Stock photo of The Basilica of the Annunciation. Traditionally the site of Annunciation of the birth of Jesus. Turned into a place of worship on the 1st and 2nd centuries. Early sources refer to the location as the House of Virgin Mary. This claim is supported by numerous inscriptions on the walls mentionaing Mary, that were left by pilgrims and visitors in early christianity. In the year 427 AD the first Byzantine church was built on site. A Crusade church was built on the ruins of the Byzantine church in the 12th century. The current Basilica was built on the ruins of four earlier churches and was consecrated in 1969. Shot in Nazareth Israel in January 2008.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. In the foreground an Arab candied nut peddler is selling his merchandise to tourists.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. Photo displays a nun standing near the entrance to the abbey.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. Photo displays an internal window with stained glass artwork with the Hebrew writings of the Book of Genesis.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. Photo displays a nun kneeling and praying near the statue of the sleeping Virgin Mary.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906. Photo displays a nun kneeling and praying near the statue of the sleeping Virgin Mary.
Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Nir > Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
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