{"id":3123,"date":"2016-03-15T10:43:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T10:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?page_id=3123"},"modified":"2016-04-04T07:16:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T07:16:29","slug":"nazareth-the-basilica-of-the-annunciation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/nazareth-the-basilica-of-the-annunciation\/","title":{"rendered":"NAZARETH The Basilica of the Annunciation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Basilica of the Annunciation<\/a> is the largest of all the churches in the modern town of Nazareth. It celebrates the announcement brought to Mary by the angel Gabriel that she was to become the mother of the Messiah. Held by tradition to be part of the house of the family of Mary and the spot where she received the announcement, the first building erected over the sacred Grotto of the Annunciation was a church-synagogue used by the early Jewish-Christians<\/a>. Later a Byzantine basilica was erected over the shrine, and this remained in use until the 12th Century.
\nExtensive excavations carried out in the 1950-60\u2019s revealed remains of the Byzantine church built in about 427, and a stone column on which the words \u201cAve Maria\u201d were carved in antiquity, probably by a visiting pilgrim<\/a>.
\nDestroyed and rebuilt many times, Nazareth was the Crusader capital of the Galilee in the 12-13th centuries. Tancred, the first Prince of the Galilee, rebuilt much of the town that he found in ruins.
\nIn 1263, the Mameluk leader Sultan Baybars, destroyed the great cathedral erected here by the Europeans. All that remains of that magnificent structure are several carved capitals depicting events of the life of Christ and the Crusader victory over the Muslims.<\/p>\n

A. Consecrated in 1969, the Basilica is famous for its stained glass windows and artwork donated by Christian communities from all over the world.
\nB. The carved columns made for the Crusader cathedral are among the country\u2019s finest examples of Romanesque art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The crypt was constructed to preserve the remains of the two original churches built over the grotto<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Legend tells that when the Crusaders lost Nazareth to the Muslims in the 13th century, angels came down from heaven, picked up the church and transported it to the Italian village of Loretto near Ancona. Also known as \u201cNazareth de Italia\u201d the local church there is called \u201cSanta Casa\u201d- the Holy House.
\nThe beautifully carved capitals from Nazareth\u2019s great Crusader cathedral can be seen in the Museum of the Basilica of the Annunciation.
\nPlease note that the museum closes every day between 12:00-14:00.<\/p>\n

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Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of Early Christians homes, part of the ancient village of Nazareth.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Basilica of the Annunciation is the largest of all the churches in the modern town of Nazareth. It celebrates the announcement brought to Mary by the angel Gabriel that she was to become the mother of the Messiah. Held by tradition to be part of the house of the family of Mary and the more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-3123","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3152,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3123\/revisions\/3152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}