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The Chocolate House is a tiny store full of handmade chocolate, ice cream and coffee. Located on the alley that leads up to the Yochanan Baharim Church, the traditional birthplace of John the Baptist, it offers a few outdoor roadside tables. Ein Kerem, once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, here, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Mary's Spring was the nucleus of the Canaanite city in the Bronze period and its waters were used as the main source of water for thousands of years since then. Ein Kerem is named after the spring. A 30m rock tunnel was constructed during the second temple period to increase the spring's capacity. According to Christian tradition, virgin Mary stopped here to drink from the spring. Pilgrims used to tap these waters into bottles and take them back home as a holy souvenirs. A mosque, whose tower rises above the structure of the spring, was built in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, in Ein Kerem, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:39–56). This is the site where tradition tells us that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat. The courtyard contains a statue of Mary and Elizabeth, and on the wall opposite the entrance to the lower church are forty two ceramic tablets bearing the verses of the Magnificat in as many different languages. On the facade of the upper church is a striking mosaic commemorating the Visitation. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land purchased the plot of land with the ruined Crusader complex in 1679 and began reconstruction of the lower level of the church in 1862. Design and construction of the upper level of the structure began in 1938 and was completed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi in 1955.
The Chocolate House is a tiny store full of handmade chocolate, ice cream and coffee. Located on the alley that leads up to the Yochanan Baharim Church, the traditional birthplace of John the Baptist, it offers a few outdoor roadside tables. Ein Kerem, once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, here, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Mary's Spring was the nucleus of the Canaanite city in the Bronze period and its waters were used as the main source of water for thousands of years since then. Ein Kerem is named after the spring. A 30m rock tunnel was constructed during the second temple period to increase the spring's capacity. According to Christian tradition, virgin Mary stopped here to drink from the spring. Pilgrims used to tap these waters into bottles and take them back home as a holy souvenirs. A mosque, whose tower rises above the structure of the spring, was built in the 2nd half of the 19th century. Once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, in Ein Kerem, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:39–56). This is the site where tradition tells us that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat. The courtyard contains a statue of Mary and Elizabeth, and on the wall opposite the entrance to the lower church are forty two ceramic tablets bearing the verses of the Magnificat in as many different languages. On the facade of the upper church is a striking mosaic commemorating the Visitation. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land purchased the plot of land with the ruined Crusader complex in 1679 and began reconstruction of the lower level of the church in 1862. Design and construction of the upper level of the structure began in 1938 and was completed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi in 1955.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, in Ein Kerem, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:39–56). This is the site where tradition tells us that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat. The courtyard contains a statue of Mary and Elizabeth, and on the wall opposite the entrance to the lower church are forty two ceramic tablets bearing the verses of the Magnificat in as many different languages. On the facade of the upper church is a striking mosaic commemorating the Visitation. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land purchased the plot of land with the ruined Crusader complex in 1679 and began reconstruction of the lower level of the church in 1862. Design and construction of the upper level of the structure began in 1938 and was completed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi in 1955.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, or Yochanan Baharim, is a Catholic church belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built at the site where Saint John the Baptist was believed to have been born. The 12th century Crusaders' church was renovated in 1621 but made public only in 1675. The present building, designed by architect Antonio Barluzzi, was constructed in 1939. The sanctuary honors St. John’s birth from aged parents - the priest Zechariah and his wife St. Elisabeth, a cousin of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Once an ancient village of the Jerusalem District, a Palestinian Arab town in the Mandatory Palestine's Jerusalem subdistrict, and currently a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, Christian tradition places Zekariyah the priest and his wife, the Virgin Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, in Ein Kerem, and declares this the birthplace of John the Baptist.
The Church of the Visitation honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. (Luke 1:39–56). This is the site where tradition tells us that Mary recited her song of praise, the Magnificat. The courtyard contains a statue of Mary and Elizabeth, and on the wall opposite the entrance to the lower church are forty two ceramic tablets bearing the verses of the Magnificat in as many different languages. On the facade of the upper church is a striking mosaic commemorating the Visitation. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land purchased the plot of land with the ruined Crusader complex in 1679 and began reconstruction of the lower level of the church in 1862. Design and construction of the upper level of the structure began in 1938 and was completed by Italian architect Antonio Barluzzi in 1955.