Architecture and built environment - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

View of Jaffa. View of Lod.

View of the settlement of Nabi Samuel, near Jerusalem, site of the tomb of prophet Samuel according to tradition. The settlement has been identified alternatively as biblical town Ramatha and as Arimathea. View of Abu Gosh village, also known as Qaryat al'Inab during the 19th century and identified by many as the biblical town of Cariatharim.

The Gate of Damascus in Jerusalem.

Akeldama, the field of Blood or Potter's field in Jerusalem.

View of the Garden of Gethsemane. View of Mount of Olives from Jerusalem.

View of Bethany.

View of the monuments in Kidron valley, which according to tradition is also the site of prophet Isaiah's martyrdom.

View of the eastern part of Kidron valley or valley of Josaphat on the outskirts of Jerusalem, with the monumental funerary monuments called tombs of Absalom and Josaphata, Zechariah and Benei Hezir.

The Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem.

The monument called Tower of David in Jerusalem.

Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.

The Aedicule in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The interior of the Aedicule.

The cave situated under Temple Mount, Jerusalem (Well of the Souls). The pool of Bethesda with the Dome of the Rock mosque in the background.

Passageway inside the Golden Gate, Jerusalem. Vaults underneath Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Ruins of Temple Mount.

Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem. The Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem.

Ancient pillar found on Temple Mount, Jerusalem.

The Pools of Solomon near Bethlehem. The Chuch of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

View of Hebron. In the background the monument in Herodian architecture which houses the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah are buried. The Valley of Jericho. View of the Dead Sea.

The building, which, according to tradition, houses Rachel's Tomb, and which is on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

View of Bethlehem.

View of the interior of Mar Saba monastery on the West Bank of Jordan river.

View of Nablus. Thelocation where the river Jordan flows out from the Sea of Galilee. View of Arab village Beitin, probably the site of biblical Bethel.

View of Mount Thabor. The coasts of the Sea of Galilee. Mounts Ebal and Gerizim in Nablus valley. The village of Nain in Galilee, where according to the Bible Jesus resurrected the young man, son of a widow.

View of Nazareth.

The sanctuary of Saint Rosalia, patron saint of Palermo, in the cave where according to tradition the saint had retired, on Pelegrino hill outside Palermo.