Nazareth c. 1890: dome of the Mensa Christi Church and tower of the Maronite Church near upper edge of the valley.
ISRAEL PHOTOS V -- Spring 2011 |
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It is difficult to get more information about the cliff behind the two churches in the early photos below. These early photos reveal little. If one could spend three days walking up and down the narrow pedestrian ways of this area, one might get a better perspective of the steepness of the terrain and the probable accuracy of the early written accounts described elsewhere on my web pages. SEE ALSO: http://dqhall59.com/israelphotosIV/nazarethsynagogue.htm
Nazareth c. 1890: dome of the Mensa Christi Church and tower of
the Maronite Church near upper edge of the valley.
Cropped Aerial Photo c. 1932, American Colony Collection, Library of Congress
(no known restrictions).
Drawing of Nazareth Cliff, Those Holy Fields ... Samuel
Manning, c. 1875, London
View of the Mount of Precipice outside of town
and dome of the Mensa Christi Church visible at lower left.
Library of Congress Collection, c. 1920, no known restrictions.
Early travelers reported a cliff behind the Maronite Church (est. 1770); by tradition a place where they might have tried to silence Jesus. To this day people dumped their trash over the sides of hills and abandoned unwanted furniture in alley ways in Nazareth. Houses were torn down and new ones built on the raised foundations. The cliff was supposed to be higher 2000 years ago before the valley below was partially filled.
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