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World renowned as the childhood home of Jesus, Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, and an important site for pilgrims and tourists, coming to visit the Basilica of the Annunciation. bustling mini-metropolis, Nazareth offers shop-lined thoroughfares, stone-paved alleys lined with Ottoman-era mansions, and in recent years, has been ...
3 days ago · 24/11/2023. What We Know About Nazareth at the Time of Jesus. Antal Ligeti, “Nazareth,” 1862 (photo: Public Domain) The New Testament accounts of Nazareth are roundly supported by archaeological evidence. Dave Armstrong, November 24, 2023 – National Catholic Register. Nazareth was a very small town when Jesus was born.
Modern-day Nazareth is dominated by the towering cupola of the Church of the Annunciation. It is an Arab city, mainly Muslim, with an adjoining Jewish upper city of Nof HaGalil (formerly Nazareth Ilit), but a profusion of churches, monasteries and other religious institutions make it a major centre of Christian pilgrimage.
