Architecture and built environment (7220 Subjects)
Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, site of the tombs of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah according to Jewish and Muslim tradition.
Cariach, Hebron. According to a Jewish and Christian tradition followed by the author, the place where God made Adam and Cain killed Abel.
Remains of a church on the route from Jerusalem to Samaria, site where Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at the well.
View of Samaria-Sebaste in Palestine. Church built on the site of Saint John's beheading in Samaria-Sebaste according to a certain tradition.
Church built on the site where Virgin Mary was frightened upon seeing the inhabitants of Nazareth pursuing Jesus. According to the tradition transmitted by the author, the rock miraculously split in two, so that the Virgin could hide inside. According to the author the church was used by Nubian Christians.
View of Nazareth. In the foreground, the cave where the house of Virgin Mary was, and where the Annunciation to the Virgin took place (today, catholic Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth). According to the tradition related by the author, Virgin Mary became frightened upon seeing Archangel Gabriel before her and hid behind the column depicted in the illustration.
Fountain of archangel Gabriel in Nazareth, today site of the Orthodox hurch of the Annunciation in Nazareth. According to a certain tradition, Virgin Mary had gone to the well for water when archangel Gabriel appeared before her. Upon seeing Gabriel, the Virgin let the pail she was carrying fall and ran frightened back to her house. According to the author, at the time of his pilgrimage the church was used by Indian Christians (Alaphis), it is however possible that he is referring to Nestorian Christians.
Fortress in the city of Kafr-Kanna in Galilee, usually identified with biblical Cana. The building is considered to be the place of the biblical wedding in Cana. In the centre, the well from which Jesus Christ drew water from, to subsequently transform it into wine.
View of settlement, possibly Capernaum in Galilee. Site where Jesus Christ fed the multitude.
View of Tiberias in Galilee, which, according to a certain tradition, Jesus Christ visited often as a child.
View of city near Tiberias. According to the author, it is the biblical city of Betulia.
View of the outfall of river Jordan into the Sea of Galilee.
Settlement on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, according to the author the biblical city of Bethsaida, native place of Apostles Philip, Peter and Andrew.
View of the ruined city of Trista in the Holy Land, possibly modern-day Al-Tira outside Haifa. View of Bethany.
Remains of castle on the outskirts of Bethany, supposed house of Mary Magdalene. Fortress outside Bethany, called “Red Tower” (Torre Rossa) due to the many massacres which had taken place there. Site outside Bethany where Jesus wept when he heard of Lazarus' death from Mary Magdalene.
Fortress in the location identified as Betulia by the author. Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, possibly at Qasr el Yahud.
Mar Saba monastery on the West Bank of Jordan River.
View of Jericho. View of the fortress of Damascus.
View of Damascus.
Settlement in the Holy Land.
Settlement in the Holy Land.
Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.
Port of the city of Tennis or Tinis on the Nile Delta.
View of fortress on the Nile, on the route from Cairo to Alexandria.
View of Cairo.
Tower of Babel in Babylon, Mesopotamia (imaginary depiction).
View of the fortress of Babylon in Cairo (modern-day Coptic quarter).
Church of the Virgin on the ouskirts of Cairo, on the site of the cave where the Holy Family hid while in Egypt (Santa Maria della Cava). Church outside Cairo near the former, (Santa Maria della Scala), with a red column which the Virgin hugged, leaving an indelible white imprint.
Tomb of Saint Barbara, possibly in the Coptic quarter of Cairo. View of the Pyramids of Giza; according to the author, they were the granaries of the Pharaohs of Egypt, built by Joseph son of Jacob.
Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.