Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Therefore, this list will always remain incomplete by definition. The Holy Land is a loose notion. It covers territories which are mainly part of, or controlled by (from north to south), Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt. Some cities and sites mentioned in the Bible are farther afield.
Jethro's Tomb in Tiberias, Israel. Druze is a religion with between 800,000 and a million followers. [17] [18] Most Druzis regard Nabi Shu'ayb, or Tomb of Jethro, near Tiberias in Israel is the most important religious site for the Druze. They have held religious festivals there for centuries and it has been a place of annual pilgrimage.
Jaffa (Joppa), the site of the house of Simon the Tanner where St Peter has risen St Tabitha from the dead and also her eventual burial site. The Jesus Trail. Lod (Lydda) – the traditional birth and burial site of Saint George, one of the most venerated Christian martyrs. Mount Carmel, site of Elijah's famous challenge to the prophets of Baal.
The State of Israel ratified the convention on 6 October 1999, making its cultural and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The country has nine sites, all of which are cultural. The earliest inclusions were Masda and the Old City of Acre in 2001; the latest inclusion was the network of caves at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park in ...
Toggle Religious sites subsection. 12.1 In ruins. 12.2 Multiple religions. 12.3 Jewish. 12.4 Christian. ... Israel portal; List of East Jerusalem locations;
This is the list of cathedrals in Israel, sorted by denomination. Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
This is a list of mosques in Israel. Geographic distribution. Central. Mahmoudiya Mosque, Tel Aviv. Sidna Ali Mosque - Herzliya; Mosque of Al-Khadr - Lod;
Part of the 'Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba' World Heritage Site [34] Beth Alpha: Bet Alpha, Bet Alfa [35] Beit Guvrin: Bayt Jibrin, Eleutheropolis [36] Part of the 'Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves' World Heritage Site [37] Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village)