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Pool of Siloam.

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The house where Judas Iscariot stayed in Jerusalem. The spot where Judas hanged himself.

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The fountain in which Virgin Mary washed infant Jesus' baby clothes.

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The site where James the Less was buried. Tomb of Absalom.

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The site where James the Less was buried.

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Chapel of Ascension, built on the spot where Christ was ascended to heaven.

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Tomb of Saint Mary of Egypt.

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The site where Jesus was arrested by the Romans. Kidron Brook in Jerusalem.

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Chapel of the Dormition of the Virgin in Jerusalem.

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Chapel on the site where the Apostles shrouded Virgin Mary.

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Garden of Gethsemane.

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Golden Gate in Jerusalem.

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Imaginary depiction of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.

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Church of Saint Anne in Jerusalem, built on the site of the house of Joachim and Anne, where Virgin Mary was born.

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Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem.

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View of the house of Herod Agrippa in Jerusalem.

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Mar Elias monastery, on the hill where Prophet Elijah rested when he was persecuted by Jezebel. The hill where Prophet Elijah rested when he was persecuted by Jezabel.

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The Tomb of Rachel on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

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View of the Church of the Nativity in Jerusalem.

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The site where Christ was born. The cave of the tombs of the infants slaughtered by King Herod. Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Bethlehem.

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Remains of the monastery of the Shepherds, the site where the Angel appeared before the shepherds and announced the birth of Jesus Christ, at Beit Sahur (Village of the Shepherds) on the outskirts of Bethlehem. Site of the house of Saint John the Baptist at Ein Karem on the outskirts of Jerusalem; according to another tradition, it is also the site where Mary visited Elizabeth (today, Church of the Visitation at Ein Karem).

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Monastery of Saint John the Baptist, on the site at which Saint John was born, at Ein Karem on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The house where Elizabeth hid Saint John the Baptist during the Massacre of the Innocents.

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Monastery of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem; according to tradition, it is built around the tree the Holy Cross was made from.

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Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, site of the tombs of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah according to Jewish and Muslim tradition.

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Cariach, Hebron. According to a Jewish and Christian tradition followed by the author, the place where God made Adam and Cain killed Abel.

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Remains of a church on the route from Jerusalem to Samaria, site where Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at the well.

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View of Samaria-Sebaste in Palestine. Church built on the site of Saint John's beheading in Samaria-Sebaste according to a certain tradition.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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